Goya Saturn Devouring His Son

Saturn Devouring His Son depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus who ate his kids because he feared that they would one day become more powerful than, and overthrow, him. It was painted directly on the wall of Goya's house. Goya may have been inspired by Ruben's 1636 picture of the same name. Rubens' painting, also held at the Museo del Prado, is a brighter, more conventional treatment of the myth: his Saturn exhibits less of the cannibalistic ferocity portrayed in Goya's rendition.