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Dark etching of a winged devil swooping over a hunched figure in white robes, with sleeping hooded monks below.

A winged devil figure riding on a cat awakening some monks by blowing on them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Dark aquatint etching of a winged, bat-like devil swooping above a hunched figure in a white robe, with a grinning creature and sleeping hooded heads below. Inscribed 'Tóplones' and numbered 48 in the margin, it shows Goya's printed satire of nightmare and superstition.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/1798]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2900 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1798.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Tóplones: diablo alado y monjes dormidos, aguafuerte de Goya

Aguafuerte y aguatinta oscura de un diablo alado, semejante a un murciélago, que desciende sobre una figura encorvada con túnica blanca, con una criatura sonriente y cabezas encapuchadas dormidas abajo. Lleva inscrito 'Tóplones' y el número 48 en el margen, y muestra la sátira impresa de Goya sobre pesadillas y superstición.

Português: Tóplones: diabo alado e monges adormecidos, gravura de Goya

Gravura em água-forte e aquatinta escura de um diabo alado, semelhante a um morcego, que sobrevoa uma figura curvada de túnica branca, com uma criatura sorridente e cabeças encapuzadas adormecidas embaixo. Traz a inscrição 'Tóplones' e o número 48 na margem, mostrando a sátira impressa de Goya sobre pesadelos e superstição.

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