Francisco de Goya, Saturn (1819-1823) Luscious oils and the spring of canvas gave a taut sense of social humanity to his best portraits. Their light imbued flesh with a living quality, their faith to ...

Saturn devouring his son, Francisco Goya (1919-1923) In the painting, Goya has illustrated a naked man with dishevelled hair and wide-eyed stare, who has already eaten the head of his child.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), known simply as Goya, was driven by a fierce, almost childlike curiosity about human nature and went through several artistic stages.