Francisco de
Goya Signature

La casserole rouge (1951), oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm, Mus�e Bernard Buffet

Goya usually just signed "Goya" with simple and unadorned letters. He also had a longer, more decorative signature of "Fran. de Goya," in which the tail of the final a curls around several times.

Les grues d'Hokkaido: Deux oiseaux combattants (1981), oil on canvas, 200 x 254 cm, Mus�e Bernard Buffet

Goya also signed some of his etching plates, but his editions were not hand signed.

Les grues d'Hokkaido: Deux oiseaux combattants (1981), oil on canvas, 200 x 254 cm, Mus�e Bernard Buffet

If you want to determine if a Goya signature is authentic, please send a sharp closeup of it.