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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 is a painting by Francisco Goya completed in 1821–23. It is a disturbing illustration of the myth of the Roman god Saturn, who, fearing that his children would overthrow him, ate them.
Saturn devouring one of his sons is one of the most expressive images from his Black Paintings. It occupied the wall across from Leocadia Zorrilla ( P00754 ) on the ground floor of “ la Quinta del Sordo .”
Oct 18, 2022 · The Spanish Francisco Goya painted Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, the so-called Spanish title is Saturno Devorando a uno de sus Niños, during 1819 and 1823, a mural on the walls of his house Quinta del Sordo. He also painted numerous others, all referred to as his Black Paintings. Where Is the Saturn Devouring His Son Painting?
May 7, 2024 · Painted circa 1819-1823, Francisco Goya’s disturbing “Saturn Devouring His Son” allegedly portrays the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus eating his children.
Saturn ate his sons partly because he feared their power when grown men. Goya based this design on a picture by Rubens of the same subject and in seventeenth-century emblem books Saturn signified the weariness of the aged for whom life has become burdensome.
Saturn Devouring his Son is a history painting that illustrates the myth of the Roman god Saturn, who, haunted by a prophecy that he would be overthrown by one of his sons, ate each of them moments after they were born. (In the end, his wife hid his sixth son, Jupiter, who duly overthrew Saturn just as the prophecy had predicted.)
