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The Black Paintings is the name given to a group of 14 paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, probably between 1820 and 1823. They portray intense, haunting themes, reflective o
Mansion of the heirs of Goya in the Quinta del Sordo, Madrid, c. 1900. It was demolished in 1909.
Exposition Universelle (1878). Paris. On the left: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
(Saturno devorando a su hijo), Saturn Devouring His Son, 1820–1823
(El perro), The Dog, 1820–1823
Witches' Sabbath or The Great He-Goat are names given to an oil mural by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, completed sometime between 1820 and 1823. It depicts a Witches' Sabbath and evokes themes
Black Paintings
…Goya's friend, Antonio Brugada. The series is made up of 14 paintings: Atropos (The Fates), Two Old Men, Two Old Ones Eating Soup, Fight with Cudgels, Witches' Sabbath, Men Reading, Judith and Holofernes, A Pilgrimage to San Isidro, Man Mocked by Two Women, Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro, The Dog, Saturn…
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Witches' Sabbath
Merger of two photographs by Jean Laurent taken in 1874, before the removal of badly damaged landscape to the far left and right during the transfer to canvas. The cutting down significantly altered the painting's centre of balance.
Witches' Sabbath, 1798. Goya's depictions of witchcraft mocked what he saw as medieval fears exploited for political gain.