Harvard Art Museums > M4343: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) , M4343,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/259790. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M4343 People Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish (Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux) Title The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Other Titles Series/Book Title: Los Caprichos, 43 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 18th century Culture Spanish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/259790 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching and aquatint Dimensions plate: 21.3 x 15.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.) sheet: 30.8 x 20.5 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower left, in plate: el sueño/de la razon/produce/monstruos inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: Le sommeil de la raison enfante des monstres/The sleep of reason sometimes gives birth to ghosts/1st. st./Del.80 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/ii Standard Reference Number Del. 80; H. 78, III, 1 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer Accession Year 1929 Object Number M4343 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Edouard Kopp, Elizabeth M. Rudy, and Kristel Smentek, ed., Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022) Exhibition History DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Collection Highlights Related Works M4301.-M4380 Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Los Caprichos Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu