\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 In this picture, Francisco de Goya records the executions that took place in 1808 during SpainÆs invasion by NapoleonÆs army
. The condemned menÆs gestures of despair, the crude representation of the body lying in a pool of blood and the deformation of some of the figures make this extraordinary work a precursor of European Romantic painting.