Saturn Devouring His Son
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Saturn Devouring His Son is a haunting and grotesque Romantic-era painting by Francisco Goya depicting the mythological Titan Saturn consuming one of his children, often interpreted as a powerful allegory of madness, time, and human brutality.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic painting
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painting → |
| artHistoricalPeriod | late Goya → |
| artisticTechnique |
dramatic chiaroscuro
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loose brushwork → |
| basedOn |
Cronus
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surface form: "Greek myth of Cronus"
Roman myth of Saturn → |
| collection | Museo Nacional del Prado collection → |
| colorPalette |
dark
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earth tones → |
| commissionedBy | not commissioned (personal work) → |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain → |
| creator | Francisco Goya → |
| culturalImpact | iconic image of Romantic horror in art history → |
| depicts |
Saturn
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Saturn devouring one of his children → mythological Titan → |
| genre | history painting → |
| height | 143 cm → |
| imageSubject |
nude, mutilated body
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wide-eyed monstrous figure → |
| inception | c. 1819–1823 → |
| interpretedAs |
allegory of human brutality
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allegory of madness → allegory of time consuming all things → reflection of Goya’s pessimism → |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Madrid → |
| locatedInTheCountry | Spain → |
| location |
Prado Museum
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surface form: "Museo del Prado"
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| materialUsed | oil paint → |
| movement | Romanticism → |
| notableFeature |
grotesque depiction of a devouring figure
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intense expression of horror → stark contrast between figure and dark background → |
| originalFunction | mural decoration of Goya’s house → |
| originalLocation | Quinta del Sordo → |
| originalTitle |
Saturn Devouring His Son
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surface form: "Saturno devorando a su hijo"
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| partOfSeries |
The Black Paintings
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surface form: "Black Paintings"
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| support |
canvas (transferred)
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plaster wall (originally) → |
| theme |
cannibalism
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human brutality → madness → mythology → time → violence → |
| width | 81 cm → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "saturn devouring his son"
this entity surface form: "Saturno devorando a su hijo"