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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos
ArtistFrancisco Goya
Yearc. 1799
TypeEtching, aquatint, drypoint and burin
Dimensions21.5 cm × 15 cm (8+716 in × 5+78 in)
LocationVarious print rooms have a print from the first edition. The one illustrated is at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.[1]

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters or The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters (Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos) is an aquatint by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Created between 1797 and 1799 for the Diario de Madrid,[2][3] it is the 43rd of the 80 aquatints making up the satirical Los caprichos.

  1. ^ "The sleep of reason produces monsters (No. 43)". art.nelson-atkins.org.
  2. ^ Nehamas, Alexander (2001). "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters". Representations. 74 (Spring): 37–54. doi:10.1525/rep.2001.74.1.37.
  3. ^ "Goya - The Sleep of Reason". Eeweems.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

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