According to some accounts the painting lay in storage for thirty to forty years before being shown to the public [REF].
In 1867, Goya's biographer Charles Emile Yriarte considered the painting important enough to warrant its own special exhibition,[REF] but it was not until 1872 that The Third of May was listed in the Prado's published catalog, under the title Scene of the Third of May 1808 [REF].