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Which painting did Francisco Goya submit for admission to 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.
In 1780, Francisco Goya was elected a member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. The painting he submitted for his admission was Christ on the Cross.1
This work was a conventional composition influenced by the style of Anton Raphael Mengs, yet it was executed with the naturalistic approach characteristic of Diego Velázquez.1