The 20th-century French novelist André Malraux proclaimed that "modern art begins" with ... at age 47 that left him deaf, Goya went on to paint some of his most famous canvases, including his ...

Goya produced a chalk drawing ... He had already achieved the pre-eminent position of First Painter of the Royal Bedchamber, and was the most famous artist in Spain; survived war, pestilence, famine, ...