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Witches Flight - Francisco Goya (1797-98)

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WITCHES' FLIGHT (1798) by FRANCISCO GOYA

In WITCHES’ FLIGHT, we see three flying witches in a conical hat holding a fourth figure up in the air; the fourth figure is writhing in pain as if it’s the victim of some kind of magical spell .

Below the figures flying in the air, we see another man running away with a cloth wrapped around his head. The figure is blocking the evil eye. The evil eye is used to ward off evil. This scene is similar to the witchcraft prints found in GOYA'S series of CAPRICHOS, which show a series of strange magical rituals.

On the right-hand side of the painting, a donkey is lounging in the shade, watching. GOYA often used donkeys in his paintings, using them as symbols of ridiculousness and folly.

In this case, the use of the donkey symbolizes the foolishness of the belief in and fear of witchcraft. The covering over the man's head represents his blindness and his superstitious beliefs. The whole piece has the appearance of a strange magical allegory in the best sense of the word.

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Art by Francisco de Goya: "Vuelo de brujas (Witches' Flight)", 1797/98

"It was part of a series of six paintings related to witchcraft acquired by the Duke and Duchess of Osuna in 1798. The painting now hangs in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, which acquired it in 1999."

"This powerful and disturbing painting shows three female witches carrying a man as they fly in the air. The three witches appear to be biting or kissing his body. The witches wear a pointed hat, called a 'capirote' - a catholic pointed hat of conical form that is used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents."