The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Plate 43
Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828) · 1799 (c. 1855) · etching and aquatint
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Plate 43 is a CC0 illustration by Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828), dated 1799 (c. 1855). Etching and aquatint. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
Plate 43 of Los Caprichos, published in 1799. The artist sleeps at his desk while owls and bats gather, and the caption reads that the sleep of reason produces monsters. Museums hold different impressions of this plate.
About the artist
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was a Spanish court painter who also made the Caprichos and the Disasters of War. The late pictures and prints are darker and more private than the portraits.
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