History Art / WitchesSabbath1798

Goya would revisit the painting years later, sometime between 1821 and 1823, as ''[[WitchesSabbathTheGreatHeGoat Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)]]'', part of the fourteen "Black Paintings" that he created near the end of his life.

* WickedWitch: The older, impoverished women are a coven of witches congregating on their own Sabbath. It's heavily {{downplayed}}, though, since the only stereotypical traits they display are that they have Satan as their god and that they are ugly.

* {{Satan}}: As portrayed as a [[FaunsAndSatyrs garlanded goat]], acting as a [[MessianicArchetype Jesus-esque]] role to a coven of witches.

* HollywoodSatanism: If features various symbols associated with Christian artwork, just twisted so the object of worship is Satan instead of the Abrahamic God. Ugly women reunite around a goat-like demon, offering him a starving child. They are also implied to be insane.

* HollywoodSatanism: If features various symbols associated with Christian artwork, just twisted so the object of worship is Satan instead of the Abrahamic God.

* WickedWitch: The older, impoverished women are a coven of witches congregating on their own Sabbath. {{Downplayed}} since the only stereotypical traits they display are that they have Satan as their god and that they are ugly.

** The goat extends his left rather than right hoof towards the child, while the quarter moon faces out of the canvas at the top left corner. Both of these are {{Sinister Clue}}s that indicate wrongness.

!!''Witch's Sabbath'' provides examples of:
* HollywoodSatanism: Considering the era it was made in, it was deliberately made to be portrayed as that as Satanic, with various symbols associated with Christian artwork. The goat extends his left rather than right hoof towards the child, while the quarter moon faces out of the canvas at the top left corner. In the middle high-ground, a number of bats can be seen flying overhead, their flocking motion echoing the curve of the crescent moon.

* WitchClassic: The older, impoverished woman are a coven of witches congregating as their own sabbath.

Goya would later revisit the painting years later, sometime between 1821 and 1823, as ''[[WitchesSabbathTheGreatHeGoat Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)]]'', part of the fourteen "Black Paintings" that he created near the end of his life.

''Witches' Sabbath'' (Spanish: ''El Aquelarre'') is a 1798 oil on canvas by the Spanish artist Creator/FranciscoDeGoya. Today it is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.

It was purchased in 1798 along with five other paintings related to witchcraft by the Duke and Duchess of Osuna. The acquisition of the witchcraft paintings is attributed to the duchess rather than her husband, but it is not known whether they were commissioned or bought after completion. In the twentieth century the painting was purchased by the financier José Lázaro Galdiano and donated to the Spanish state on his death.

''Witches' Sabbath'' (Spanish: ''El Aquelarre'') is a 1798 oil on canvas by the Spanish artist Creator/FranciscoGoya. Today it is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.

''Witches' Sabbath'' (Spanish: ''El Aquelarre'') is a 1798 oil on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Today it is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.

Not to be confused with the Francisco Goya painting ''[[WitchesSabbathTheGreatHeGoat Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)]]''.

* {{Satan}}: As portrayed as a [[FaunsAndSatyrs garlanded goat]], acting as a [[MessianicArchetype Jesus-esq]] role to a coven of witches.

'''Witches' Sabbath''' (Spanish: ''El Aquelarre'') is a 1798 oil on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Today it is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.

* {{Satan}}: As portrayed as a [[FaunsAndSatyrs garlanded goat]], acting as something of a priest to a coven of witches.

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