![]() ![]() The goat’s human-like sitting posture hint at him being endowed with human qualities. ![]() The he-goat is motionless, his expression is neutral, eyes wide open, betraying nothing, while women around him fuss, causing a commotion. In the centre sits the Devil represented by a he-goat, with women around him being either in awe or scared of him, some offering him their children. This painting, which is part of Goya’s “Black Paintings”, shows a coven of witches. Witches’ Sabbath is held in the Museo Lazaro Galdiano in Madrid The Straw Manikin is held in the Prado Museum in Madrid and Time and the Old Women resides in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France. The somewhat satirical paintings below portray one central figure that catches the eye and unsettles. Some of his other paintings have an eerie and even disturbing element to them. He is probably best known for his paintings Saturn Devouring His Son and The Third of May 1808. ![]() Francisco de Goya (1746 – 1828) was a Spanish painter working in the style of Romanticism. ![]()
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