Early Life, Family and Training Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born on 30 March 1746 in Fuendetodos, Aragon. He grew up in a lower middle-class household alongside his siblings: Rita, Tomás, Jacinta, Mariano, and Camilo. His father, José Benito de Goya y Franque, worked as a gilder, a trade that required a steady hand and an eye for detail. This domestic setting provided the early, quiet backdrop to a life that would eventuall…