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Eugène de Montesquiou-Fezensac Sleeping

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French

ca. 1783

Not on view

In his book Émile (1762), the philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau emphasized the need to pay attention to children from “the age of nature,” stimulating interest among eighteenth-century artists in very young models. This baby was born into an aristocratic family
and grew up to hold distinguished military positions in service to Napoleon and the empress Josephine. Here he lies on a blue cushion, swaddled, wearing a lace-trimmed bonnet.

Eugène de Montesquiou-Fezensac Sleeping, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris), Pastel on paper — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Eugène de Montesquiou-Fezensac Sleeping

Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)

Date: ca. 1783

Medium: Pastel on paper

Dimensions: 9 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (23 × 31.5 cm)
Frame: 13 1/16 × 16 11/16 × 1 7/8 in. (33.2 × 42.4 × 4.7 cm)

Classification: Drawings

Credit Line: Private collection

Accession Number: SL.1.2016.2.3

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