c. 1560
Beneath a gnarled tree, an ascetic sleeps with head on knees before a small, domed shrine. A small cook tends the fires beneath a pot in the foreground, and in the background a disciple gazes upon the ascetic.
18.5 x 12 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1999 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum. Notes: Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1999.
Charcoal on cream laid paper
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