Asensio Juliá
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Asensio Julià i Alvarracín (1760, Valencia – 1832, Madrid?) was a Spanish painter and engraver best known as a student and follower of Francisco Goya
. In 2008, The Colossus, a work long associated with Goya, was re-attributed to Juliá by specialists at the Museo del Prado
. The attribution is generally but not universally accepted.
Francisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...
. In 2008, The Colossus, a work long associated with Goya, was re-attributed to Juliá by specialists at the Museo del Prado
Museo del Prado
The Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and unquestionably the best single collection of...
. The attribution is generally but not universally accepted.