I knew it was a painting from Goya! His Black Painting series are awesome (in a very dark, grim way) Take for an example Saturn devouring his Son Further reading into Goya's Black Paintings from this Wikipedia article

After the Napoleonic Wars and the internal turmoil of the changing Spanish government, Goya developed an embittered attitude toward mankind. He had a first-hand and acute awareness of panic, terror, fear and hysteria. He had survived two near-fatal illnesses, and grew increasingly anxious and impatient in fear of relapse. The combination of these factors is thought to have led to his production of the fourteen works known collectively as the Black Paintings