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Los Caprichos
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Toward the end of his life, Francisco de Goya grew dissatisfied with his life.
A darkness came over him that bled into his work, and his suffering - both external and internal - was translated into the content of his creations.
Los Caprichos is the result of this later time in Goya's life.
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As a set of eighty prints covering a number of different topics, they are well-known by people who appreciate Goya's detailed and varied works.
The prints themselves were in aquatint and etchings, all different but all with a similar dark feel to them.
The most famous of these is referred to as 'The sleep of reason produces monsters', but due to its popularity it is sometimes referred to as 'Los Caprichos' rather than the full set of prints.
In the image, we see a man in a frock and breeches curled over a table or a desk with his head in his folded arms.
He is a picture of despair, even