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

Overview

Exhibition History

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