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Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It is traditionally considered a depiction of the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus , whom the Romans called Saturn , eating one of his children out of fear of a prophecy by Gaea that one of his children would overthrow him.
Saturn Devouring His Son, 1819–1823. Records of Goya's later life are relatively scant, and ever politically aware, he suppressed a number of his works from this period, working instead in private. [54] He was tormented by a dread of old age and fear of madness. [55]
Saturn (1636) by Rubens. Saturn or Saturn Devouring His Son is a 1636 painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. [1]It was commissioned for the Torre de la Parada by Philip IV of Spain and shows the influence of Michelangelo on Rubens, which he had picked up on his journey to Italy.
Los Caprichos is a series of 80 etchings published in 1799 wherein Goya criticized the rampant political, social, and religious abuses of the time period. In this series of etchings, Goya heavily utilized the popular technique of caricature, which he enriched with artistic innovation.
Saturn Devouring His Son is a name given to one of around 14 works by Francisco Goya which comprise his so called "Black Paintings" series. Each was created when Goya was in his latter years and seemingly preoccupied both by fears for his own mental stability and a general loss of faith in the direction of contemporary Spanish society. Reason
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
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