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Goya

noun

Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828). Synonyms: Francisco de Goya, Francisco Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Goya y Lucientes.

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"Goya" Quotes from Famous Books

... and softly about an over-gilded rococo reception-room. But all anxiety had now fled from his face; he coyly nipped the atmosphere at intervals as various portions of the furniture attracted his approval; he stood before a splendid canvas of Goya and pushed his thumb at it; he moused and prowled and peeped and snooped, and his smile grew larger and larger and sweeter and sweeter, until—dare I say it!—a low smooth chuckle, all but noiseless, rippled the heavy cheeks of the poet; ...

— Iole • Robert W. Chambers

... it was, With ruined halls and crumbling rooms And windows graven by the claws Of Goya's bats that ...

— Enamels and Cameos and other Poems • Theophile Gautier

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