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.

Of the eighty aquatints, number 43, “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,” can essentially be seen as Goya’s manifesto and it should be noted that many observers believe he intended it as a self-portrait.

Dec 25, 2023 · The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (c. 1796 – 1798) is an etching by the Romanticist Francisco Goya. It is number 43 of the series of 80 prints that the artist created titled Los Caprichos (c. 1796 – 1798).

Title: Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos) Series/Portfolio: Los Caprichos. Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux) Date: 1799. Medium: Etching, aquatint. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918.

Of the eighty aquatints, number 43, “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,” can essentially be seen as Goya’s manifesto and it should be noted that many observers believe he intended it as a self-portrait. In the image, an artist, asleep at his drawing table, is besieged by creatures associated in Spanish folk tradition with mystery and evil.

Jan 31, 2022 · Francisco Goya, a Spanish painter, and engraver of the second half of the 1700s made The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, an etching and aquatint engraving, in 1797. This is part of a collection of eighty etchings, Los caprichos, published in 1799.

Often viewed as a self-portrait, this print conveys the struggle between reason and imagination that shaped Goya’s artistic vision. His contemporaries would have recognized the watchful …

Goya represents himself asleep at his desk, on which there are pencils and drawing paper. A flock of night birds, bats and owls come to rest on him, as in a dream, while a hieratic feline – a mixture of lynx and cat – scrutinises the space with a wide gaze.

Mar 16, 2023 · Francisco Goya, Plate 43, The sleep of reason produces monsters from Los Caprichos, 1799, etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin, plate: 21.2 x 15.1 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) In this ominous image, we see the dark vision of humanity that characterizes Goya’s work for the rest of his life.

Despite being court painter to three consecutive Spanish kings - Charles III, Charles IV and Ferdinand VII - he produced graphic sheets of sharp social criticism on his own account.