Sabbath, Satire, Superstition
Fundación Goya en Aragón — The Witches’ Sabbath (1797–98), object entry and analysis (dimensions, Bacchic crown, infants/foetuses, Osuna context, Moratín source). LinkMuseo del Prado — El aquelarre o El gran cabrón (Black Painting), object entry (dimensions, wall-to-canvas transfer, Jean Laurent photos, 1.40 m loss on right, context of the series). LinkMuseo Lázaro Galdiano — overview of Goya holdings, including El Aquelarre as part of the Osuna commission. LinkWikipedia — overview entries for Witches’ Sabbath (1798) and Witches’ Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) (useful for quick orientation and basic data; cross-checked against the above). LinkContextual reading: Peter Schjeldahl, “Goya and the Art of Survival,” The New Yorker (on Goya’s late work and the Black Paintings’ psychic weather). Link
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