Three women in white lay alseep in front of another who sits before a barred window.
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They Are Overcome With Sleep (Las Rinde El SueГ±o)

Goya, Francisco

etched 1794-1798, published 1803

Artwork Information

  • Title:

    They Are Overcome With Sleep (Las Rinde El SueГ±o)

  • Artist:

    Goya, Francisco

  • Artist Bio:

    Spanish, 1746–1828

  • Date:

    etched 1794-1798, published 1803

  • Medium:

    Etching and aquatint

  • Dimensions:

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Robert Fizzell

  • Object Number:

    1964.2.34

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display

About the Artwork

One should not wake them up; sleep is perhaps the only happiness of wretches.

 

No hay que dispertarlas tal vez el sueño es la única felicidad de los desdichados.