Image Upright: | 1.2 |
The Bewitched Man | |
Other Language 1: | Spanish |
Other Title 1: | La lámpara del Diablo |
Artist: | Francisco Goya |
Year: | 1798 |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 42.5 |
Width Metric: | 30.8 |
Museum: | National Gallery |
City: | London |
The Bewitched Man (also known as The Devil's Lamp) is a painting completed c. 1798 by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.[1] It is an oil painting on canvas and depicts a scene from a play by Antonio de Zamora called The man bewitched by force (Spanish: El hechizado por fuerza). The painting shows the protagonist, Don Claudio, who believes he is bewitched and that his life depends on keeping a lamp alight. It is held by the National Gallery, in London.[2]
This is one of six paintings of witches and devils Goya painted for the Duke and Duchess of Osuna, who had an estate at Alameda de Osuna near Madrid.[3]