Who Would Have Thought It! (Los Caprichos, Plate 62)

This etching from Goya's *Los Caprichos* series depicts a harrowing nocturnal struggle between a human figure and demonic entities. The scene is defined by extreme contrasts between the dark, murky surroundings and the pale, distressed flesh of the central human figure as he is forced into the abyss.

The work explores the descent of human reason into the chaotic, irrational, and sub-human realms often associated with the 'monstrous' in early modern philosophical discourse on the psyche. It reflects a dark, critical engagement with the limitations of the Enlightenment project, paralleling contemporary interests in the irrationality of the human spirit.