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Sleeping Baby

ca. 1783
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
For this trois-crayons drawing, the artist deployed chalks of three different colors delicately combined. The child is swaddled and wearing a bonnet, with only the face and tiny hands exposed.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sleeping Baby
  • Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1783
  • Medium: Black, white, and red chalks, stumping, on paper
  • Dimensions: 12 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (32.5 × 26 cm)
    Frame: 19 1/8 × 16 7/16 × 1 1/2 in. (48.5 × 41.8 × 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Private collection
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings