Asmodea / Fantastic Vision

"Asmodea / Fantastic Vision" by Francisco Goya (1820–1823) is a haunting fresco that belongs to his last series of 14 Black Paintings, created during a period of profound despair. The artwork depicts two ethereal, flying figures hovering over a stark landscape dominated by a large, tablet-like mountain. Goya's use of dark oil paints and dreamlike imagery reflects elements of Romanticism and a departure from traditional genre painting, bordering on Surrealism. The painting, originally directly applied onto canvas surfaces in his house, evokes a fantastic vision filled with ambiguity and intense emotion.