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Saturn Devouring His Son
By Francisco Goya,1820
Painting, Oil paint, RomanticismÂ
Height 146cm, Width 83cm
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Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Francisco Goya. It is traditionally interpreted as a depiction of the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (known as Saturn in Roman mythology) eating one of his
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Francisco Goya
Spain
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th c
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The Unsettling Mythology of Goya's "Saturn Devouring His Son"
"Saturn Devouring His Son" by Francisco Goya is a deeply unsettling and visceral painting that portrays the mythological figure Saturn (Cronus in Greek mythology) in the act of consuming one of his children. The artwork is part of Goya's "Black Paintings," a series of 14 works created between 1820
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The Unsettling Mythology of Goya's "Saturn Devouring His Son"
SUMMARY
"Saturn Devouring His Son" by Francisco Goya is a deeply unsettling and visceral painting that portrays the mythological figure Saturn (Cronus in Greek mythology) in the act of consuming one of his children. The artwork is part of Goya's "Black Paintings," a series of 14 works created between 1820
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