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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

Overview

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters or The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters (Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos) is an aquatint by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Created between 1797 and 1799 for the Diario de Madrid, it is the 43rd of the 80 aquatints making up the satirical Los caprichos.

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Related ideas

• Francisco Goya
• The Social Contract
• Satire
• Age of Enlightenment
• Las Meninas

Place in the tradition

Part of Reason.

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