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Title
El sueno de la razon produce monstruos
Alternative Title
The sleep of reason produces monsters
Los Caprichos, 1st edition, plate 43
Creator
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828)
Date Created and/or Issued
1799
Publication Information
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Museum of Art
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Francisco Goya Prints
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by Pomona College Museum of Art. Copyright is retained in accordance with U S Copyright Laws.
Description
A man falls asleep at his desk. A large cat sits at his feet and owls and bats surround him.
Type
image
Format
Etching and aquatint on Paper
image/jpeg
8 7/16 in. x 5 7/8 in. (21.5 cm. x 15 cm.)
Identifier
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOROOT=/fgp&CISOFIELD1=object&CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=P74.27
P74.27
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fgp/id/170
Language
Spanish
Subject
Satire (artistic device)
Etchings (printing process)
Men
Cats
Owls
Bats
Animals
Sleep
Dreams
Nightmares
Time Period
Early Modern (18th-19th centuries)
Place
Europe
Source
Scan taken from a slide.
Relation
Western Prints and Drawings
Francisco Goya Prints - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fgp

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