Goya The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

The etching was made by the Spanish painter and print maker Goya. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is plate 43 of 80 sketches. It consists of a self-portrait of the artist with his head on a table. Owls and bats surround him, assailing him. Also poised to attack are owls (which represent folly) and bats (which represent ignorance). It seems to be a portrayal of what emerges when reason is suppressed.