El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)

published 1799

Francisco Goya

Artist, Spanish, 1746 - 1828

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
    page size: 30.7 x 19.5 cm (12 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.4711.qq

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harris 1964, no. 78, State III (1st ed.)

Associated Artworks

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Francisco Goya

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2001

  • Goya: Images of Women, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002, no. 83.

Bibliography

1964

  • Harris, Tomás. Goya: engravings and lithographs. 2 vols. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1964.

Wikidata ID

Q64956413

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