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Title	[Caprichos 43]: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.
Translated Title	El sueno de la razon produce monstruos.
Creator	Goya, Francisco de (Spanish painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1746-1828)
Date	1798?
Cultural Context	Spanish European Western European
Style/Period	Romantic (modern European styles )
Theme	Prints (visual works) Etchings (prints) Aquatints (prints) Intaglio prints Series (groups) Albums Satires (document genre) Satire (artistic device) Criticism Figurative art Figures (representations) Men (male humans) Adults Self-portraits Portraits Artists Painters (artists) Printmakers Draftsmen (artists) Adults Sitting Costume (mode of fashion) Coats (garments) Coattails Breeches (trousers) Trousers Stockings Dreams Symbols Symbolism (artistic concept) Reason Rationalism (philosophy) Order (concept) Romanticism Animals Wildlife Wild animals Birds Wings (animal components) Lynx (genus) Tables (support furniture) Writing desks Desks Furniture Inscriptions
Subject	Prints Etchings Aquatints Intaglio prints Albums Satires (Visual works) Criticism Men Adults Self-portraits Portraits Portrait prints Artists Draftspersons Adults Sitting Clothing & dress Coats Dreaming Sleeping Nightmares Symbols Ignorance (Knowledge) Animals Cats Wild cats Lynx Owls Birds Bats Monsters Flying Tables Desks Furniture Inscriptions
Description	Etching and aquatint print from the Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series.
People Pictured	Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828
Measurements	8 7/16" x 5 7/8"
Technique	Printing (process) Etching (printing process) Aquatint (printing process) Intaglio printing Printmaking
Inscription	On side of writing desk: "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" in Spanish.
Work Type	Prints Etchings Aquatints Intaglio prints Self-portraits Portraits
Repository	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.28-41, p.830)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: © Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum/Art Resource, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918).
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 503-34.jpg
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