The Bewitched Man | |
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Spanish:La lámpara del Diablo | |
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Artist | Francisco Goya |
Year | c. 1798 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 42.5 cm × 30.8 cm (16.7 in × 12.1 in) |
Location | National Gallery,London |
The Bewitched Man (also known asThe Devil's Lamp) is a painting completed c. 1798 byFrancisco José de Goya y Lucientes.[1] It is an oil painting on canvas and depicts a scene from a play byAntonio de Zamora calledThe 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 theNational Gallery, inLondon.[2]
This is one of six paintings of witches and devils Goya painted for theDuke andDuchess of Osuna, who had an estate atAlameda de Osuna near Madrid.[3]
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