The Bewitched Man Explained

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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
City:London
Museum:National Gallery

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.

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.[2] It is held by the National Gallery, London.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Bewitched Man. FranciscoDeGoya.net. 2014-07-25.
  2. Web site: Web Gallery of Art. The Bewitched Man. 2014-07-25.
  3. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/francisco-de-goya-a-scene-from-the-forcibly-bewitched A Scene from 'The Forcibly Bewitched'