Saturn Devouring His Son

Did Goya have mental health problems? LOL.

My wife and I saw this painting at the Museo del Prado in Madrid a few years ago.

Wikipedia

Saturn Devouring His Son is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanised to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by his children, ate each one upon their birth.

More, with picture of this grotesque painting

Which led Galileo to ponder the appearance and disappearance of things in Saturn's orbit when he began observing it through his telescope.

The rings, in particular, tend to fade to obscurity when observed edge-on.

"Is Saturn devouring his children?" Galileo mused.

"Is Saturn devouring his children?" Galileo mused.

"Is our children learning?" — George Bush, Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

Did Goya have mental health problems? LOL.
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In RL he did have some strange health problems with mental overtones, like going deaf after an as yet unidentified disease.

Perhaps he took the advice, "Go ya own way."