Krónos through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Attic red-figure pelike attributed to the Nausicaä Painter, c. 460–450 BC, showing Rhea tricking Cronus into swallowing a stone wrapped as an infant; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Roman fresco of Saturn holding a scythe, from the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii; now in the Naples Archaeological Museum.
Ancient Roman statue of Saturn enthroned, from the Bardo National Museum, Tunis.
Giorgio Vasari and Cristoforo Gherardi, 16th century, ceiling fresco in the Sala degli Elementi, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, depicting Cronus/Saturn castrating Uranus.
Peter Paul Rubens, *Saturn*, c. 1636–1638; Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Francisco de Goya, *Saturn Devouring His Son*, c. 1819–1823, from the Black Paintings; Museo del Prado, Madrid.
