10.21: Saturn Devouring One of His Sons

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Saturn Devouring One Of His Sons is one of the “Black Paintings” that Goya painted on the walls of his house outside Madrid. This image was originally located on the lower floor of the house known as “la Quinta del Sordo.” Goya painted on the walls using several materials including oil paint. The “Black Paintings” had suffered significant damage and loss in their original location and when they were removed from the walls and transferred to canvas by Baron Émile d’Erlanger shortly after he aquired the house in 1873. Please note that Saturn is also known as Cronus or Kronus.

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Goya’s Saturn Devouring One Of His Sons.

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Saturn Devouring One Of His Sons, 1821–23, oil paint, 143.5 cm × 81.4 cm, (Prado, Madrid).

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Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son. Authored by: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/romanticism/romanticism-in-spain/v/goya-saturn-devouring-one-of-his-sons. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike