The tempestuous works of francisco de goya distinguish him as the most important spanish painter of his time among his contemporaries he was best known for his lighthearted tapestry cartoons of leisure activities subtle satirical etchings of the bourgeoisie and penetratingly psychological portraits of the aristocracy. Francisco de goya spanish 1746 1828 two plates from tauromaquia harris 239 242 etchings with burnished aquatint and drypoint 1816 on watermarked arches laid paper harris third edition printed by e loizelet paris 1876 the full sheets both with light staining hascomb hill in surrey by wenzel hollar etching circa 1645 trimmed outside the borderline on three sides and into the . Titlepage to the 4th edition of goyas los desastres de la guerra coleccion de ochenta laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua forte por don francisco goya publicala in real academia de belles artes de san fernando madrid 1906 the first edition was published in 1863 in an edition of 500 the second edition was printed in the calcografia for the real academia in 1892 in an edition . The tempestuous works of francisco de goya distinguish him as the most important spanish painter of his time among his contemporaries he was best known for his lighthearted tapestry cartoons of leisure activities subtle satirical etchings of the bourgeoisie and penetratingly psychological portraits of the aristocracy