Saturn Devouring His Son
Francisco Goya · 1820

The story
Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The work is one of the 14 so-called Black Paintings that Goya painted directly on the walls of his house some time between 1820 and 1823. It was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
- Artist
- Francisco Goya
- Date
- 1820
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Medium
- wall, canvas, mixed technique
- Size
- 143.5 × 81.4 cm
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