Goya’s Madrid

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You can start where you want: in front of one of his paintings or in one of the settings that he was able to paint so well. We recommend that you take this guide and prepare an itinerary to your liking. You will need more than one day to see all of the places.

San Antonio de la Florida Chapel

The remains of the artist from Aragon rest in this chapel. You can also enjoy the majestic pictorial ensemble that he painted and which represents the Saint’s trance before the people of Lisbon.

Prado Museum

It houses the main works of the painter, such as The 3^rd May in Madrid, The Naked Maja and her companion The Clothed Maja, The Family of Carlos IV and the black paintings.

María Luisa en traje de corte / Carlos IV con uniforme de coronel de los Guardias de Corps. Cuadros de Francisco de Goya en el Palacio Real

Royal Palace

Discover the different clothing of King Carlos IV and Queen María Luisa de Parma from the perspective of the painter from Aragon in the works housed at this palace.

Real Basílica de San Francisco El Grande_Pintura de Goya con su autorretrato

Basilica of San Francisco El Grande

Look for the supposed self-portrait of Goya in The Preachings of Saint Bernardine of Siena, one of the many works in which the artist looks at the spectators.

Entierro de la sardina. Francisco de Goya

San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts

The museum conserves 13 of his paintings, including two self-portraits, Bullfight and the famous scene from the Carnival known as Burial of the Sardine.

Museum of Romanticism

In the Oratory of this 18^th century mansion, you can see the painting of Saint Gregorio Magno, which belongs to a group of four paintings on saints by the artist from Aragon.

Lázaro Galdiano Foundation Museum

The illustrious editor, José Lázaro Galdiano, created an interesting collection with works by Goya and varied themes, such as The Witches and Witches’ Sabbath, The Threshing Ground or Summer or Penitent Magdalen.

Tapices de Goya en la Real Fábrica de Tapices

The Royal Tapestry Factory

The artist worked in this Neo-Mudejar building for twelve years and produced this Factory’s first series of cartoons for tapestries in 1775.

El Pardo Royal Palace

Among this palace’s eighteenth century tapestries, there are five from the artist’s best known series, namely The Snowstorm, Stilts or Picnic on the Banks of the Manzanares River.

National Museum of Engraving

Its main treasure is the etched engraved copper sheets s by Francisco de Goya, masterpieces of the universal history of engraving.

Capricho Park

Located on the outskirts of the city, this beautiful leisure villa of the Dukes of Osuna was a meeting point for many of the artists and intellectuals of the 18^th century, including Goya.

Retrato de Fernando VII hacia 1814 - 1815 Óleo sobre lienzo / El tío Paquete hacia 1819 - 1820 Óleo sobre lienzo. 39 x 31 cm. Francisco de Goya. © Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum

Along with the works of other great artists, this museum has one of his portraits of Fernando VII and the painting, The Tío Paquete.

Liria Palace

This 18th century palace houses a valuable art collection, including the famous portrait that Francisco de Goya painted of the 13th Duchess of Alba, as well as that of the Marchioness of Lazán.