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Goya paints The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid (1814) as a public anti-atrocity canvas

In 1814 Goya painted The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid. Painted 1814 on a regency/restoration commission, depicting the 3 May 1808 executions. In the causal graph this event strengthens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1814 Goya painted The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid.

Context

Separate event date from painting date. Split 1814 court office.

Francisco Goya’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Painted 1814 on a regency/restoration commission, depicting the 3 May 1808 executions. Date of painting is 1814, not 1808. Anti-atrocity public picture, later Prado. Not a battlefield command.

Why it matters

A large public execution picture is a humanitarian-visibility instrument.

1814 paint is not 1808 street.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Francisco Goya

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.6 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Prado — The 3rd of May 1808 in MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Smarthistory — Goya, Third of May 1808Smarthistory · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Prado’s 3rd of May page and Smarthistory independently date the canvas to 1814 and the subject to 3 May 1808.

Established: 1814 Prado canvas of the 3 May 1808 executions. Not established: that Goya stood on that hill in 1808 as a reporter.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFrancisco Goya
  2. contributed toFactGoya paints The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid (1814) as a public anti-atrocity canvas
  3. strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Goya paints The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid (1814) as a public anti-atrocity canvas. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-third-may

https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-third-may

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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