Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes' (30 March 1746 - 16 April 1828) graphics, etchings and aquatint prints made him a very special artist in the history of graphic art.

The court painter Goya became famous for his portraits of the royal family. In 1973 he began working on small pieces for which engraving proved to be the best choice. He did not do prints on commission. Unlike his paintings, he meant to make the etchings known by the public in large. The dramatic picture series were ripe social criticism, full of irony about superstition, morals and feebleness of his times.

Goya left four series of graphic series for posterity. The 80-page Los Caprichos (Caprices, Ideas, 1799), the also 80-page Los Desastres de la guerra (The Horrors of War, 1810-1812), the 40-page La Tauromaquia (Bull Fight, 1816) and also the 22-page Los Disparates (Silliness, 1816-1824). The 120 etchnigs are owned by the German collector of art Richarg H. Mayer.

The temporary exhibition at the Municipal Museum of Art in Győr presents the two most widely known etching series by Francisco de Goya, the Los Caprichos and the La Tauromaquia. The material is arriving from Bamberg to Győr.