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A painting by this artist inspired Gerald Holtom’s design of the modern peace symbol. (-5[1])This artist pioneered aquatint (-5[1])in a series of 82 abject prints depicting the (15[1])Peninsular War. (15[1])This artist’s (15[1])late paintings were painted (15[1])directly (15[1])onto (15[1])the walls of the (15[1])Quinta del Sordo. A white-clad man desperately (15[1])throws up his (*) hands in a painting by this artist depicting a Napoleonic firing squad firing on defenseless civilians, while another depicts an ungainly Titan committing filicide via cannibalism. For 10 points, what Spaniard painted The Third of May, 1808 and Saturn Devouring (10[1])his Son? ■END■

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