Eugène de Montesquiou-Fezensac Sleeping
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings