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Inquisition Scene. Court of the Inquisition. Artist Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828). in Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 - April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a portraitist and court painter to the Spanish Crown, a chronicler of history, and, in his unofficial work, a revolutionary and a visionary. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso. ©TopFoto