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When did Francisco Goya become a member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando?
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Francisco Goya
Detail of Self-portrait, etching by Francisco Goya from the series Los caprichos, 1799.
Francisco Goya was elected a member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid in 1780.1
His admission piece for the institution was a painting titled Christ on the Cross, which combined a conventional composition with the naturalistic style of Diego Velázquez. Following his election, Goya continued to advance within the Academy, eventually being appointed deputy director of painting in 1785.1