Saturn Devouring One of His Children, 1821-23
http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--1244...dren_182123.htmOK, what do you think?
Goya apparently painted this at age 73 for his own private use - i.e. not for public viewing. He painted this as a mural on the wall in his dining room. Hmmmmm.
The story being shown is that the god Saturn had been told that one of his sons would kill him. So he ate each son at birth to make sure the son wouldn't kill him. He missed one, of course
This son doesn't look like a child, though ...
