Prints, Drawings, and Photographs El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The sleep of reason produces monsters) 1797-98 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746 - 1828 Etching and aquatint Currently not on view 1949-97-9 Purchased with the SmithKline Beckman Corporation Fund, 1949 |
LabelGoya originally contemplated using this print as the introductory plate for Los Caprichos, with the images in the rest of the series being the visions of a sleeping artist. He is surrounded by a lynx, ears perked and eyes alert, and a swarm of owls and bats--animals that Goya's contemporaries would have recognized as emblems of ignorance and evil. |
