Los Caprichos is a series of 80 etchings and aquatints by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, made in 1797 and 1798 and published in 1799. The prints satirize Spanish society of the period, attacking superstition, religious fanaticism, the Inquisition and the failings of the nobility and clergy through images ranging from social caricature to nightmarish scenes of witchcraft. Goya withdrew the series from sale after only about two weeks, apparently from fear of the Inquisition, and later gave the printing plates to the king; the collection, including its best known image The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, is now regarded as a founding work of modern printmaking and an important forerunner of Romanticism and even Surrealism.
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Year CreatedCreated 1797-1798 and published as an album in 1799, per cited source; 1797 recorded as the earliest creation year. Medium
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Los Caprichos is one of Goya's defining aquatint print series.
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Los Caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797-1798 and published as an album in 1799.
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The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's satirizing Spanish society at the end of the 18th century, particularly the nobility and the clergy.
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Los Caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797-1798 and published as an album in 1799. The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's sa
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