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
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.
Quinta del Sordo, photographed c. 1900
Witches' Sabbath, 1798. Goya's depictions of witchcraft mocked what he saw as medieval fears exploited for political gain.
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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,
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
…Witches' Sabbath or The Great He-Goat (Spanish: Aquelarre or El gran cabrón) 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 of violence, intimidation, ageing and death; Satan hulks in…
Portrait by Vicente López Portaña, 1826
Yard with Lunatics, c. 1794
Birth house of Francisco Goya, Fuendetodos, Zaragoza
Portrait of Josefa Bayeu (1747–1812)