Sleeping Baby
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
- 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