Night Scene from the Inquisition - Francisco de Goya
Night Scene from the Inquisition - Francisco de Goya
This painting by Goya (of Saturn Eating his Son fame) came from a group of smaller paintings that Goya executed - because the topic interested him rather than commissioned. Both as a visual narrative and as a painting per se it is influenced by Goya’s keen interest in the grim fate that befell many people during his lifetime. The painting shows monks, soldiers, and convicted prisoners in white robes, probably on their way to the site of their execution.
Summarized from: https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collection/object/NG.M.01347
My favorite fact about these works is that they were private, painted on his own private dwelling on the walls. He never intended for them to be seen by so many people.
Great factoid and great un.