Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Los Caprichos
Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Artist bio: Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: 1799 (published 1908–12)
Medium: Etching, aquatint on wove paper
Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (30.4 x 21.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession year: 1986
Tags: Bats|Men|Owls|Sleeping