Saturn Devouring His Son, Francisco Goya

Saturn Devouring His Son

Saturn's mouth couldn't belong to a human. The jaw hinge sits at the temple, not at the ear; the opening is wider than any human anatomy. Goya gave Saturn a wolf's mandible on a man's skull. The painting was made on the dining-room wall of his country house outside Madrid and was discovered after his death. Never titled, never described in his correspondence, never meant to be seen. Now at Museo del Prado, Madrid @museodelprado

Artist
Francisco Goya (1746 to 1828)
Date
1823
Medium
Mixed media on plaster, transferred to canvas
Dimensions
143.5 × 81.4 cm
Collection
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Image
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain