Francisco Goya · c. 1819–23
Saturn Devouring His Son
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Goya's nightmare from his Black Paintings series — the Roman god consuming his own child against pitch darkness. Painted on the wall of his country house, never meant to be seen.
Up to 8 × 14 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Saturn Devouring His Son
Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The work is one of the 14 so-called Black Paintings that Goya painted directly on the walls of his house some time between 1820 and 1823. It was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Francisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Western art.
All Francisco Goya prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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