El 2 de mayo de 1808 en Madrid o "La lucha con los mamelucos"
La carga de los mamelucos
Artwork · No. 1 in El Dos de Mayo de 1808 en Madrid · Francisco Goya · 1814 · oil painting · Museo del Prado
The uprising of the people of Madrid against Napoleon’s troops on 2 May 1808, at the Puerta del Sol: Madrilenians attack the Mamluk cavalry of the Imperial Guard. Goya painted it in 1814 with its companion, the Third of May.