![El sueño de la razon produce monstruos. (The sleep [or "dream"] of reason produces monsters); Caprichos 43](/internal/media/dispatcher/1307370/full)
El sueño de la razon produce monstruos. (The sleep [or "dream"] of reason produces monsters); Caprichos 43
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–1798
Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint with burnishing, faint drypoint to indicate letters, on laid paper (working proof)
DimensionsPlatemark: 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 29.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Burton S. Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Shapiro, and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1973.716
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Provenance? Ricardo de los Rios (b. 1846–d. 1929), Paris. ? 1930 Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), NY; Philip Hofer and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through Robert M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA.(Accession Date: June 12, 1974)
![El sueño de la razon produce monstruos. (The sleep [or dream] of reason produces monsters); Plate 43 bound into a set of Caprichos](/internal/media/dispatcher/1535716/thumbnail)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1797-98
![Y son fieras. (And they are wild beasts!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 5.](/internal/media/dispatcher/743868/thumbnail)
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
![Tampoco. (Nor this.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 36.](/internal/media/dispatcher/1307357/thumbnail)
![Estragos de la Guerra. (Ravages of War); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 30.](/internal/media/dispatcher/743904/thumbnail)