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| "Asmodeus or Asmodea, a Fantastic Vision" (see
detail),
c. 1820-1823 |
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Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) - El Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. |
| Under the title "Brugada" reference is made to the feminine
devil who displayed the interiors of homes described by
Velez de Guevara in his "The Limping devil", a Biblical
character taken from the book of Tobias. Goya used the
flying figures or "volantes figuras" which appear in his
"Caprichos" to depict actions by witches.
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| Note: "Brujas" or Witches
denote the degradation of humans transformed into
perverse "bruxas" or "brujas" to stress the ignorance
and superstitions inherent in the processions such as
those depicted as "Santo Oficio" from "Pinturas Negras",
a series of murals, in the "Quinta del Sordo", the
residence of F. Goya from 1820 to 1823. The series
include "Las Parcas" o "Atropo", "Duelo a Garrotazos",
"Dos viejos comiendo", among others, later transferred
and restored as paintings c. 1820-1823 by Francisco de
Goya (1746-1828) in El Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain,
since 1899. |
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