DrawingsFrench18th century

Young Boy Asleep

18th century

Artists

Nicolas-Bernard LépiciéArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red, black, and white chalk, stumping, on light-tan antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.2 × 24.3 cm (10 11/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles E. Dunlap, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1954, inv. no. 1954.111

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