Friday, January 21, 2011

Saturn Devouring His Son -- Goya, Rubens, Tiepolo






Depicting the Ancient Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (Roman name: Saturn) who ate each of his children after learning from Gaia and Uranus that he was to be overthrown as king of the world by one of his children (as he overthrew his own father). Spooky, spooky stuff.

The first is Goya's rendition followed by that of Tiepolo and Rubens.

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