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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos
ArtistFrancisco de Goya
Yearc. 1799
TypeEtching, aquatint, drypoint and burin

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos) is an etching made by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Etched between 1797–1799,[1] it is plate 43 of the 80 etchings making up the Los Caprichos series and was initially intended to be the frontispiece.[2]

It consists of a self-portrait of the artist with his head on a table, as owls and bats surround him, assailing him as he buries his head into his arms.[3] Seemingly poised to attack the artist are owls (symbols of folly) and bats (symbols of ignorance).

The full epigraph for caprichio #43 is, “Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels.”[4][5][6][7]


Date: 1799

Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin on laid paper

Dimensions: image: 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18 x 12.1 cm) plate: 8 3/8 x 5 15/16 in. (21.2 x 15.1 cm) sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (29.5 x 21 cm)

Classification: Prints

Preparatory drawings

  • 1797
    1797
  • 1797
    1797

References

  1. ^ "Goya - The Sleep of Reason". Eeweems.com. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  2. ^ Handbook:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters[dead link]
  3. ^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Francisco de Goya y Lucientes: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: Plate 43 of The Caprices (Los Caprichos)". Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=if4hQec2ClEC&pg=PA39&dq=%E2%80%9CFantasy+abandoned+by+reason+produces+impossible+monsters:+united+with+her,+she+is+the+mother+of+the+arts+and+the+origin+of+their+marvels.%E2%80%9D&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Iui0UJihIKT10gGf14G4CQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CFantasy%20abandoned%20by%20reason%20produces%20impossible%20monsters%3A%20united%20with%20her%2C%20she%20is%20the%20mother%20of%20the%20arts%20and%20the%20origin%20of%20their%20marvels.%E2%80%9D&f=false
  5. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=IdeR6vrFBeEC&pg=PR24&dq=%E2%80%9CFantasy+abandoned+by+reason+produces+impossible+monsters:+united+with+her,+she+is+the+mother+of+the+arts+and+the+origin+of+their+marvels.%E2%80%9D&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Iui0UJihIKT10gGf14G4CQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CFantasy%20abandoned%20by%20reason%20produces%20impossible%20monsters%3A%20united%20with%20her%2C%20she%20is%20the%20mother%20of%20the%20arts%20and%20the%20origin%20of%20their%20marvels.%E2%80%9D&f=false
  6. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=xPuIG9VNmkYC&pg=PT49&dq=%E2%80%9CFantasy+abandoned+by+reason+produces+impossible+monsters:+united+with+her,+she+is+the+mother+of+the+arts+and+the+origin+of+their+marvels.%E2%80%9D&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Iui0UJihIKT10gGf14G4CQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ
  7. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-22/books/bk-2162_1_anthony-storr
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