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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 (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.
Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (c. 1820–1823) In Greek mythology , several of the major gods were actually eaten as children by their own father or just barely escaped such a fate. Cronus (called Saturn in Roman mythology ), once the most powerful of the gods, was dismayed by a prophecy telling him that he would one day be deposed ...
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In particular, Cronus's role in the genealogy of the Greek gods was transferred to Saturn. As early as Andronicus (3rd century BC), Jupiter was called the son of Saturn. [5] Saturn had two mistresses who represented different aspects of the god. The name of his wife, Ops, the Roman equivalent of Greek Rhea, means "wealth, abundance, resources."
On Dec. 1, the father of two shared the bittersweet moment on Instagram when his 13-year-old son pried out the truth about the beloved Christmas figure. The heartfelt post captured a universal ...
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