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“Mr. Peanut Devouring His Son” is a digital age parody of Francisco Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son.”

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Planters, the nut company, introduced a new mascot named Baby Nut during their much-talked-about 2020 Super Bowl ad campaign.

Artist Nina Matsumoto created a viral moment by reimagining Mr. Peanut and Baby Nut as tragic figures of Greek mythology.

She was inspired by Spanish romantic artist Francisco Goya and his painting “Saturn Devouring His Son.”

She went viral.

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Nina Matsumoto didn’t watch the Super Bowl, but the Vancouver-based artist still managed to create one of the most viral Twitter moments to emerge from this year’s game.

Enter: The beautiful nightmare that is “Mr. Peanut Devouring His Son,” a Baby Nut-inspired parody of “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Spanish romantic artist Francisco Goya.

The idea to parody Goya’s nightmarish oil painting came to Matsumoto after midnight, having just returned home on a red-eye flight.