Oil Painting "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" from Francisco de Goya - Buy Hand Painted Oil Reproduction

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Spanish:El sueño de la razón produce monstruos ) is an etching made by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. Etched between 1797–1799 it is plate 43 of the 80 etchings comprising the Los Caprichos series and was initially intended to be the frontispiece. It consists of a self-portrait of the artist with his head on a table as owls and bats surround him assailing him as he buries his head into his arms. Seemingly poised to attack the artist are owls (symbols of folly) and bats (symbols of ignorance). The viewer might read this as a portrayal of what emerges when reason is suppressed and therefore as an espousal of Enlightenment ideals. However it also can be interpreted as Goya s commitment to the creative process and the Romantic spirit—the unleashing of imagination emotions and even nightmares. Arguably the most famous plate of the series it has gone on to become an iconic image with its title often being quoted from Goya.

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