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Title Spanish: El Tres de Mayo.
The Third of May
Date 1814
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 268 × 347 cm (105.5 × 136.6 in)
Source/Photographer The Prado in Google Earth: Home - 7 th level of zoom, JPEG compression quality: Photoshop 8.

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The Third of May by Francisco Goya

Date 2012-03-21 14:01 (UTC)
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