Prado: Famed Goya Painting Was Actually By Pupil

“Francisco de Goya’s arresting image of a brooding giant rising above a stampede of terrified people and animals has held pride of place for decades in Madrid’s Prado museum. But in an announcement set to raise a storm in the art world, the museum said yesterday that the celebrated El Coloso was not by the Spanish master after all, and was probably painted by a pupil in his studio.”