Saturne: Peintures noires des hommes de la famille goya

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Barrio-Garay, J. L., Antropofagia y hematofagia en la iconografía de Goya. En: Goya: nuevas visiones: homenaje a Enrique Lafuente Ferrari, Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1987, pp. 87-88. Saturn Devouring His Son (c. 1819-1823) by Francisco Goya is housed at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Originally the painting was a mural in the artist’s house but was transferred onto canvas, a project that started for all the murals in 1874. Goya depicted an older man in this drawing, assumedly Saturn, and he is in the process of eating one of his sons, chomping down on his left leg while he hangs upside down. In Saturn’s left hand (our right) is another male figure who appears to be hunched over with his head in his hands as if he knows the dreaded death awaiting him. The Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain, is home to Francisco Goya's painting "Saturn Devouring His Son." The painting is part of the museum's permanent collection and can be viewed by visitors. The painting "Saturn Devouring His Son" by Francisco Goya became part of the Prado collection through a donation by the Spanish government in 1933. Prior to this, the painting was held in the private collection of the Duke and Duchess of Osuna. After their deaths, the painting changed hands several times before being acquired by the Spanish government and eventually placed in the Prado Museum's collection. Today, it is one of the most famous and recognizable works of art in the museum. Museo Nacional del Prado, Catalogue illustré des tableaux du Musée du Prado á Madrid, J. Laurent et Cie, Madrid, 1899, pp. 27, n. XXXVI.

Wilson-Bareau, J., Goya, truth and fantasy: the small paintings, Yale University Press, Madrid, 1994, pp. 160, 166. There are various tones (when a hue is mixed with gray) and tints (when a hue is mixed with white) on Saturn’s skin and legs, which suggest a possible light source. There are also areas of shading, which indicate the contrasts between light and dark areas. The mood of the painting is in stark contrast to Rubens' Saturn, as the central figure is acting out of madness rather than calculating reason, and the consumed figure is completely lifeless rather than in clear pain. It is very likely Goya had seen Rubens' Saturn in his life, but the degree to which inspiration was taken (if any) is unknown. [6] Saturn devouring his sons, Goya, c. 1797, red chalk on laid paper Garrido, Mª del C., Algunas consideraciones sobre la técnica de las Pinturas Negras de Goya, Boletín del Museo del Prado, V/13, 1984, pp. 4-7. In the “Saturn Devouring His Son” painting, we see more organic lines, which are curvier and seemingly mimic the lines of nature, whether that’s in a figure or a natural object.

Saturn Devouring His Son depicts the Roman god Saturn, also Titan Kronos in Greek mythology, savagely eating one of his children. It is one of Francisco de Goya's most brilliant, but disturbing paintings.

Some of his famous artworks include the oil paintings The Second of May 1808 (1814) and The Third of May 1808 (1814). He was also a printmaker and produced numerous etchings, such as The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (c. 1799), which was part of his Los Caprichos (c. 1799) series of aquatint etchings. Various interpretations of the meaning of the picture have been offered: the conflict between youth and old age, time as the devourer of all things, the wrath of God and an allegory of the situation in Spain, where the fatherland consumed its own children in wars and revolution. [ citation needed] There have been explanations rooted in Goya's relationships with his own son, Xavier, the only of his six children to survive to adulthood, or with his live-in housekeeper and possible mistress, Leocadia Weiss; the sex of the body being consumed cannot be determined with certainty. If Goya made any notes on the picture, they have not survived, as he never intended the picture for public exhibition. Glendinning, Nigel, Las Pinturas Negras de Goya y la Quinta del Sordo. Precisiones sobre las teorías de Juan José Junquera, Archivo Español de Arte, 307, 2004, pp. 233-245.

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Francisco de Zurbarán: Zurbarán painted a number of works featuring Saturn, including "Saturn Devouring his Son" and "The Triumph of Saturn." Goya received no further commissions from the reactionary King Ferdinand VII. He seemed to know his days were numbered in monarchist Spain. Corpus rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: an illustrated catalogue, IX, Arcade Press, Londres, 1968, pp. 260. Self-portrait (c. 1800) by Francisco de Goya; Francisco de Goya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Saturn has been represented in various ways throughout art history. In classical art, Saturn was often depicted as an elderly man with a scythe, representing the passage of time and the harvest. He was also sometimes depicted as a god of agriculture, with a cornucopia or other agricultural symbols. L'œuvre apparaît dans le bureau de Bretton James dans le film Wall Street: L'argent ne dort jamais d' Oliver Stone. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: Staircase of the Würzburg Residence, detail with Saturn. Other artists who painted Saturn Vergara, Alejandro, The Presence of Rubens in Spain, I-II, A Bell & Howell Company, Ann Arbor, 1999, pp. 426.

Gassier, Pierre y Wilson-Bareau, Juliet, Vie et oeuvre de Francisco de Goya: l`oeuvre complet illustré: peintures, dessins, gravures, Office du Livre, Fribourg, 1970, pp. 328, n. 1624.Sánchez Cantón, F. J., Vida y obras de Goya, Editorial Peninsular, Madrid, 1951, pp. 35, 37, 68, 160, 167. The painting is also significant for its departure from the neoclassical style that had dominated Spanish art during the 18th century. Goya's use of chiaroscuro and his expressive, emotional brushwork were a departure from the strict formalism of neoclassicism and foreshadowed the emergence of Romanticism in art. Anecdotes