# Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco de Goya

- Created: 1819–1823
- Medium: Oil mural transferred to canvas
- Where to see it: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain — https://worldmuseumguide.org/museums/prado/

Saturn Devouring His Son is an oil mural by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, painted directly on the walls of his house (the Quinta del Sordo) between 1819 and 1823. It depicts the Titan Saturn — eyes wide with terror — clutching and devouring the headless body of one of his sons. The work is one of Goya's Black Paintings — fourteen murals painted for his own private walls, never exhibited in his lifetime. The mural was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

Updated 2026-07-18. Source: https://worldmuseumguide.org/artworks/saturn-devouring-his-son/ — World Museum Guide.