A study of the artist's life.
A study of the artist's intentions.
His letters, some of which are reprinted in Werner Hofmann's new study of the artist, might disappoint connoisseurs of Germanic nuttiness.
One of the earliest works is an affectionate study of the artist's mother seated in a chair, seemingly lost in reflection.
This exhibition displays early monochrome paste-ups, small-scale composites inspired by pop art that present a fascinating study of the artist to come.
The apparently serious study of the artist came complete with phoney reminiscences and anecdotes from Gore Vidal and other art-world heavyweights.
Fresh evidence has been put forward by John Richardson, a writer who knew the artist between the 1940s and 1960s and who is working on a fourth volume of his study of the artist together with art historian Gijs van Hensbergen.
To this study of the artist at work, which shows how he methodically worked out his anxieties and impulses in his art, the exhibition adds a second, more unexpected dimension.
According to most sources, including Robert Hughes's recent, authoritative study of the artist, Goya died at 2 a.m. on April 16, 1828, in Bordeaux, France, after suffering a stroke two weeks earlier.
All in all, it may be best to follow the example of Martin Kemp, whose 1981 study of the artist laconically captioned the painting Portrait of a Lady on a Balcony - though even this will not satisfy those denizens of the Mona Lisa websites and news groups who believe that she is really a man, and perhaps even Leonardo himself in drag.
