Capricho No. 43

E284868

Capricho No. 43 is a famous etching by Francisco Goya depicting a sleeping figure beset by nightmarish creatures, symbolizing the chaos unleashed when reason is abandoned.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Capricho No. 43 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
etching ⓘ
print ⓘ
artForm graphic art ⓘ
color monochrome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator Francisco Goya ⓘ
creatorFullName Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes ⓘ
linked to: Francisco Goya
creatorNationality Spanish ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
depicts bats ⓘ
lynx ⓘ
nightmarish creatures ⓘ
owls ⓘ
sleeping figure ⓘ
genre satirical print ⓘ
hasTitleVariant El sueño de la razón produce monstruos ⓘ
historicalContext late 18th-century Spain ⓘ
inscription El sueño de la razón produce monstruos ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Spanish ⓘ
inscriptionTranslation The sleep of reason produces monsters ⓘ
intendedFunction social and moral critique ⓘ
languageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
medium etching and aquatint ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor allegorical representation of reason and madness ⓘ
iconic image of the Los Caprichos series ⓘ
partOf Los Caprichos ⓘ
positionInSeries 43 ⓘ
publicationSeriesPublisher Francisco Goya ⓘ
publicationSeriesTitle Los Caprichos ⓘ
publicationSeriesType print series ⓘ
series Los Caprichos ⓘ
subjectHeading allegorical figure of Reason ⓘ
monsters of imagination ⓘ
symbolizes chaos unleashed when reason is abandoned ⓘ
consequences of superstition ⓘ
dangers of irrationality ⓘ
social and moral disorder ⓘ
technique aquatint ⓘ
etching ⓘ
theme critique of ignorance ⓘ
critique of superstition ⓘ
irrationality ⓘ
nightmare ⓘ
reason and unreason ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.