Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
Witches' Sabbath or The Great He-Goat are names given to an oil mural by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, completed sometime between 1821 and 1823. It explores themes of violence, intimidation, aging and death. Satan hulks, in the form of a goat, in moonlit silhouette over a coven of terrified witches. Goya was then around 75 years old, living alone and suffering from acute mental and physical distress.
Witches' Sabbath, 1821–1823. Oil on plaster wall, transferred to canvas; 140.5 × 435.7 cm (56 × 172 in). Museo del Prado, Madrid
Merging 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
Quinta del Sordo, photographed c. 1900
Witches' Flight, 1797–98. Museo del Prado, Madrid
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.
Portrait of Goya by Vicente López (1826), Museo del Prado, Madrid
Yard with Lunatics, c. 1794
Birth house of Francisco Goya, Fuendetodos, Zaragoza
Portrait of Josefa Bayeu (1747–1812)