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Francisco de Goya - Escena de Inquisicion

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Original – Painting by Francisco Goya depicting an auto de fé, an act of public penance carried out between the 15th and 19th centuries of condemned heretics and apostates imposed by the Inquisition, based on 1800-1810 first-hand accounts.
Reason
FP on Commons. I think that the particular historic value of this piece is due in large part to the late date in which it was produced. I think when most people think of the Inquisition they think of it in terms of the late medieval period, with the name of 15th century Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada becoming almost synonymous with the Spanish one (and little mention is made in popular culture of the Mexican or Portuguese ones). An artwork depicting contemporary trials in the 19th century, barely a few decades before Spain entered the industrial age, is in my opinion of high value as it dispels this distorted notion of the institution.
Articles in which this image appears
The Inquisition Tribunal, Spanish Inquisition, Capirote, La Maja desnuda
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Francisco de Goya
  • Support as nominator – A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Talk 08:35, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Well used. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:34, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – prefer unrevised original upload. Bammesk (talk) 00:48, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 10:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 12:28, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 15:48, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 06:55, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Francisco de Goya - Escena de Inquisición - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:05, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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