1799
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Tantalus, Plate 9 is a 1799 by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a man and a woman on a rocky shore. The man is bent over, holding his head in his hands, while the woman lies on the ground with her arms limp. The water looks choppy, and the sky is dark. The title *Tantalus* hints at a myth about punishment—someone doomed to always want what they can’t have. The artist used simple lines and shading to make the scene feel dramatic. Look up Romanticism next to see how this style often focused on emotion and myth.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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