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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters | |
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Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos | |
Artist | Francisco Goya |
Year | c. 1799 |
Type | Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin |
Dimensions | 21.5 cm × 15 cm (8+7⁄16 in × 5+7⁄8 in) |
Location | Various 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.