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Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828)
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos), 1796-1797, etching and aquatint from Los Caprichos (photo: Phil)
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The DAC's strong holdings of 222 prints by Francisco de Goya include almost all of the artist's work in print media. These include the sets of the Caprichos in the first edition, Disasters of War, the etched Bullfights (Tauromaquia), and the Proverbs, as well as less-often encountered prints. The DAC collection's greatest rarity is Goya's late lithograph, Portrait of Gaulon. Existing in only 2 other impressions (in Paris and Madrid), this print was discovered in 1957 in an album of French lithographs stored in the attic of Wesleyan's Olin Library. Images of all 80 of the Caprichos are available for online study on the DAC website.
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