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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
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02-06-2026
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Fuendetodos, Zaragoza (Spain), 1746 - Bordeaux (France), 1828

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes See author's file

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

1797 - 1799. Etching, Aquatint on paper.
Not on display

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Caprichos [estampa]

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1797 1799 Aquatint Etching Paper Print

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Itinerary “The Council of State and the Prado Museum” on the 5th Centenary of the Council
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Itinerary “The Council of State and the Prado Museum” on the 5th Centenary of the Council

One Work, One Artist: The Melancholic Pose of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, portrayed by Goya
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One Work, One Artist: The Melancholic Pose of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, portrayed by Goya

A Dandy and a Maja in Two Cartoons for Tapestries by Goya
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A Dandy and a Maja in Two Cartoons for Tapestries by Goya

1:05:01 The Famine in Francisco de Goya’s Disasters of War
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The Famine in Francisco de Goya’s Disasters of War

The Prado in Irapuato, Mexico: “Las Meninas”
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The Prado in Irapuato, Mexico: “Las Meninas”

Goya’s brushwork in the sketch "The San Isidro Meadow" (1788)
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Goya’s brushwork in the sketch "The San Isidro Meadow" (1788)

Weekly sessions in English: America&Spain250: Charles III and José Moñino, First Count of Floridablanca, by Goya (1788)
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Weekly sessions in English: America&Spain250: Charles III and José Moñino, First Count of Floridablanca, by Goya (1788)

Stories of Art with the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado
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Stories of Art with the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado

"Queen María Luisa in a Dress with hooped Skirt", by Goya, with Lorenzo Caprile
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"Queen María Luisa in a Dress with hooped Skirt", by Goya, with Lorenzo Caprile

Goya’s Black Paintings
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Goya’s Black Paintings

The New Galleries for Goya’s Tapestry Cartoons
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The New Galleries for Goya’s Tapestry Cartoons

1:10:31 Sade and Goya: Sovereign Imagination and Critical Imagination. Georges Didi-Huberman (Original Version)
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Sade and Goya: Sovereign Imagination and Critical Imagination. Georges Didi-Huberman (Original Version)

1:10:11 Sade and Goya: Sovereign Imagination and Critical Imagination. Georges Didi-Huberman
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Sade and Goya: Sovereign Imagination and Critical Imagination. Georges Didi-Huberman

Childhood in the Late Eighteenth Century in "The Duke and Duchess of Osuna and their Children", by Goya
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Childhood in the Late Eighteenth Century in "The Duke and Duchess of Osuna and their Children", by Goya

1:08:26 The Recovery of Goya’s Painting, Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz
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The Recovery of Goya’s Painting, Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz

1:01:29 Dance
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Dance

1:03 Exhibition: "Juan Muñoz. Stories of Art"
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Exhibition: "Juan Muñoz. Stories of Art"

La inspiración en Zurbarán
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La inspiración en Zurbarán

Weekly sessions in English: "Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos" (1798), by Goya
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Weekly sessions in English: "Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos" (1798), by Goya

Discover "The Countess of Chinchón" by Goya
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Discover "The Countess of Chinchón" by Goya

00:01:53 Preview: Restoration of "The Countess of Chinchón", by Francisco de Goya (1800)
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Preview: Restoration of "The Countess of Chinchón", by Francisco de Goya (1800)

00:06:03 “The Snowstorm, or Winter”, by Francisco de Goya
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“The Snowstorm, or Winter”, by Francisco de Goya

01:02:48 Papers, Techniques and Processes in Goya’s Graphic Work (LSE)
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Papers, Techniques and Processes in Goya’s Graphic Work (LSE)

01:01:54 Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Emilio Lledó and Victoria Camps
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Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Emilio Lledó and Victoria Camps

01:06:31 Goya: From Enlightened Despotism to Political Freedom (LSE)
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Goya: From Enlightened Despotism to Political Freedom (LSE)

00:59:41 Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Luisa Posada and Ana de Miguel
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Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Luisa Posada and Ana de Miguel

00:00:54 Album A. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Album A. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:01:43 "Sketchbooks G" and "H". Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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"Sketchbooks G" and "H". Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:01:04 Sketchbook C. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Sketchbook C. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:59:00 Sketchbook F. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Sketchbook F. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:01:14 Madrid Sketchbook. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Madrid Sketchbook. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:01:07 Tauromaquia. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Tauromaquia. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:00:53 Dreams. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Dreams. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:00:51 "Caprichos". Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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"Caprichos". Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:01:26 Follies. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Follies. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:01:02 Disasters of War. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Disasters of War. Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

01:02:33 Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Fernando Savater and Gervasio Sánchez
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Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Fernando Savater and Gervasio Sánchez

01:02:49 Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Andrés Rábago (“El Roto”) and Basilio Baltasar
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Dialogue “Only Will Remains to Me”: Andrés Rábago (“El Roto”) and Basilio Baltasar

00:10:12 Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:08:51 TECHNICAL STUDY: The Snowstorm or Winter. Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (1786)
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TECHNICAL STUDY: The Snowstorm or Winter. Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (1786)

01:17:06 Only Will Remains to Me: Drawings by Goya (LSE)
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Only Will Remains to Me: Drawings by Goya (LSE)

00:00:50 Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"
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Goya. Drawings. "Only my Strength of Will Remains"

00:09:51 Preliminary Notes: Catalogue Raisonné, Restoration, Installation
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Preliminary Notes: Catalogue Raisonné, Restoration, Installation

00:08:20 The 12th Marchioness of Villafranca painting her Husband
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The 12th Marchioness of Villafranca painting her Husband

01:15:45 The Technique of Goya’s Tapestry Cartoons Revealed Through Their Restoration
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The Technique of Goya’s Tapestry Cartoons Revealed Through Their Restoration

00:05:07 Farideh Lashai at the Museo del Prado: The Invited Work
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Farideh Lashai at the Museo del Prado: The Invited Work

00:04:52 Goya's technique in the "Charles III in Hunting Dress"
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Goya's technique in the "Charles III in Hunting Dress"

00:03:54 The restoration of "Charles III in Hunting Dress" by Francisco de Goya.
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The restoration of "Charles III in Hunting Dress" by Francisco de Goya.

00:02:18 Commented works: Daedalus watching his son Icarus fall" by Francisco de Goya
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Commented works: Daedalus watching his son Icarus fall" by Francisco de Goya

00:04:32 Goya's technique in the "Blind Man's Buff"
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Goya's technique in the "Blind Man's Buff"

00:07:02 The restoration of "Blind Man's Buff" by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
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The restoration of "Blind Man's Buff" by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

00:03:32 Eighteenth-century Painting Collection and Goya
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Eighteenth-century Painting Collection and Goya

01:14:31 Lecture: Goya in Madrid. Tapestry Cartoons, 1775–1794
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Lecture: Goya in Madrid. Tapestry Cartoons, 1775–1794

00:01:24 Goya in Madrid: Museo Lázaro Galdiano
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Goya in Madrid: Museo Lázaro Galdiano

00:02:05 Goya in Madrid: Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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Goya in Madrid: Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

00:01:09 Goya in Madrid: Banco de España
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Goya in Madrid: Banco de España

00:01:38 Goya in Madrid: Museo del Prado
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Goya in Madrid: Museo del Prado

00:01:08 Goya in Madrid: San Antonio de la Florida
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Goya in Madrid: San Antonio de la Florida

00:04:53 The restoration of The Threshing Ground or Summer, by Francisco de Goya
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The restoration of The Threshing Ground or Summer, by Francisco de Goya

00:04:25 Reopening of the Goya cartoon galleries and the 18th Century Spanish painting galleries
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Reopening of the Goya cartoon galleries and the 18th Century Spanish painting galleries

01:04:32 Lecture: Blind Man’s Buff, by Goya
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Lecture: Blind Man’s Buff, by Goya

08:07 Goya in Madrid. The exhibition in the Prado Museum
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Goya in Madrid. The exhibition in the Prado Museum

00:08:46 Visiting Goya in Madrid
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Visiting Goya in Madrid

00:05:32 Hunter loading his Rifle, by Francisco de Goya (1775)
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Hunter loading his Rifle, by Francisco de Goya (1775)

00:08:39 The restoration of Hunter loading his Rifle (1775), by Francisco de Goya
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The restoration of Hunter loading his Rifle (1775), by Francisco de Goya

00:04:12 The exhibition Spanish Drawings from the Hamburger Kunsthalle: Cano, Murillo and Goya
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The exhibition Spanish Drawings from the Hamburger Kunsthalle: Cano, Murillo and Goya

00:04:33 Natural Histories. A Project by Miguel Ángel Blanco: Satanic Invocation
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Natural Histories. A Project by Miguel Ángel Blanco: Satanic Invocation

01:27:57 “Goya’s Legacy in the Nineteenth Century”, by Manuela Mena
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“Goya’s Legacy in the Nineteenth Century”, by Manuela Mena

01:17:27 “From Eighteenth-Century Rationalism to Romantic Feeling”, by Manuela Mena
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“From Eighteenth-Century Rationalism to Romantic Feeling”, by Manuela Mena

01:35:16 “The Technique and Pictorial Resources of Goya”, by Manuela Mena
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“The Technique and Pictorial Resources of Goya”, by Manuela Mena

01:27:30 “Goya and His Friends,” by Manuela Mena
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“Goya and His Friends,” by Manuela Mena

01:41:15 “Ancient and Modern Images,” by Manuela Mena
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“Ancient and Modern Images,” by Manuela Mena

01:36:38 “Goya’s Critical Fortunes,” by Manuela Mena
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“Goya’s Critical Fortunes,” by Manuela Mena

01:52:06 “Updated Biography of Goya,” by Manuela Mena
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“Updated Biography of Goya,” by Manuela Mena

00:03:36 The exhibition Rome in your pocket. Sketchbooks and artistic learning in the XVIII Century
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The exhibition Rome in your pocket. Sketchbooks and artistic learning in the XVIII Century

00:04:18 Commented works: The Witches’ Flight, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1797-1798), by Manuel Borja-Villel
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Commented works: The Witches’ Flight, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1797-1798), by Manuel Borja-Villel

00:05:42 Commented works: Self-portrait, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1796 - 1797), by Juliet Wilson- Bareau
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Commented works: Self-portrait, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1796 - 1797), by Juliet Wilson- Bareau

00:05:54 Commented works: The Pradera de San Isidro, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1788), by Enrique Quintana
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Commented works: The Pradera de San Isidro, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, (1788), by Enrique Quintana

00:08:50 Concha Jerez: The Third of May 1808 in Madrid: the executions on Principe Pio hill by Goya
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Concha Jerez: The Third of May 1808 in Madrid: the executions on Principe Pio hill by Goya

00:04:42 Spanish Drawings from the British Museum: Renaissance to Goya
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Spanish Drawings from the British Museum: Renaissance to Goya

00:07:04 Goya’s Drawings restored
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Goya’s Drawings restored

00:11:29 Other Ways of Seeing the Prado: The Executions, by Goya
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Other Ways of Seeing the Prado: The Executions, by Goya

00:05:16 Temporary Installation: Constitutional ideas in Goya's work
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Temporary Installation: Constitutional ideas in Goya's work

00:16:01 Commented works: Sueño 21 and other drawings by Francisco de Goya
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Commented works: Sueño 21 and other drawings by Francisco de Goya

01:08:53 Lecture: The Family of Charles IV, by Goya
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Lecture: The Family of Charles IV, by Goya

00:01:29 Presentation of the Department of Prints and Drawings
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Presentation of the Department of Prints and Drawings

00:07:46 Goya and more
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Goya and more

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Inventory number
G000744
Author
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Title
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Date
1797 - 1799
Technique
Etching; Aquatint
Support
Paper
Dimension
Height: 215 mm; Width: 153 mm
Series
Caprichos [estampa], 43
Entry date
1964

Bibliography +

Mena, M., Capricho 43. El sueño de la razón”, en J. M. Matilla, M. B. Mena Marqués y H. Murakami (dir.), Goya: Luces y Sombras. Obras Maestras del Museo del Prado, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokio: The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokio, 2011, pp. 74, n. 4.

Bozal, V, 'El Sueño de la Razón produce monstruos' En: Historia de la belleza, de Fidias a Picasso, Círculo de Lectores - Fundación Amigos Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 187-208 [194].

Jacobs, H.C.; Klingenberger, M, Preyer, N, Los comentarios manuscritos sobre los Caprichos de Goya: edición, traducción , interpretación - III, Institución Fernando el Católico, Zaragoza, 2019.

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Colaboración con el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Madrid
28.05.2009 - 20.10.2009

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 24-09-2019

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