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
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 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
Credit line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918
Accession year: 1918
Tags: Sleeping|Bats|Owls|Men