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Witches' Sabbath (Spanish: El Aquelarre) [1] is a 1798 oil painting on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Today it is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid. It depicts a Witches' Sabbath. It was purchased in 1798 along with five other paintings related to witchcraft by the Duke and Duchess of Osuna. [2]
It depicts a Witches' Sabbath. It evokes themes of violence, intimidation, ageing and death; [2] Satan hulks in the form of a goat in moonlit silhouette over a coven of terrified old witches. [3] Goya was then around 75 years old, living alone and suffering from acute mental and physical distress.
This may be why the figure is depicted in a nightshirt, similar to some women in the painting Witches' Sabbath. [23] Fantasy and reality intermingle in the painting: the witches and their winged companions belong to an imaginary world, while the reality is represented by the crouching figure in the foreground. [21]
Witches' Sabbath (1606) by Frans Francken the Younger. Note amorous imps, brewing of magic potions and magical flight of witches up a chimney Aquelarre (Basque/Spanish Witches' Sabbath; circa 1797-1798) by Francisco Goya.
On the left: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) The Black Paintings (Spanish: Pinturas negras ) is the name given to a group of 14 paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, probably between 1820 and 1823.
Goya, The Inquisition Tribunal, c. 1808–12. Goya detested the inquisition and depicted it in harsh terms a number of times, and satirised it in works such as his c. 1820–1823 Witches' Sabbath. The controversy was populist and driven by a political motive, following a mob gathering demanding Godoy's removal as Prime Minister.
Witches' Sabbath (1798), by Francisco Goya. Akelarre is a Basque term meaning Witches' Sabbath (a gathering of those practicing witchcraft). Akerra means male goat in the Basque language. Witches' sabbaths were envisioned as presided over by a goat. The word has been loaned to Castilian Spanish (which uses the spelling Aquelarre).
Francisco de Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Aragón, Spain, on 30 March 1746 to José Benito de Goya y Franque and Gracia de Lucientes y Salvador. The family had moved that year from the city of Zaragoza , but there is no record of why; likely, José was commissioned to work there. [ 4 ]