Francisco Goya · 1799
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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Plate 43 of Goya's Los Caprichos — the artist slumped asleep over his desk while owls and bats swarm out of the dark behind him and a large cat watches from the floor; the title is etched on the side of the desk. Etching and aquatint. National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Up to 11 × 16.4 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
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Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
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The story of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
The print was created between 1797 and 1799 and is the 43rd of the 80 aquatints of Los Caprichos, a series published in 1799 in which Goya criticised the political, social and religious abuses of his time. The series made heavy use of the then recently developed aquatint technique, which gives it its watercolour-like tones. Plate 43 is often read as Goya's personal manifesto: many observers believe he depicted himself asleep among his drawing tools, his reason dulled by slumber, beset by creatures of the dark.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Francisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Western art.
All Francisco Goya prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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