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c. 1771 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Sleep

Jean-Bernard RestoutWikidata

painting by Jean Bernard Restout (French, 1732-1797) (1963.502)

Wander from here
Date
c. 1771Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1771
Medium
oil on canvasCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
97.6 × 130 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: 97.6 × 130 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Gallery
216B French and GermanCleveland Museum of Art
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1963.502Wikidata
Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. FundCleveland Museum of Art
Exhibitions
  • America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting
Wikidata

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1771 –
    possibly exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1771, cat. 137 ("Sommeil, figure d'etude)
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “possibly exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1771, cat. 137 ("Sommeil, figure d'etude) (1771)”
  2. 1783 –
    possibly exhibited at the Salon de la Correspondance of 1783, cat. 144 (as "Morphée")
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “possibly exhibited at the Salon de la Correspondance of 1783, cat. 144 (as "Morphée") (1783)”
  3. 1797 –
    possibly listed as "Morphée" in the inventory made at the artist's death, 1797
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “possibly listed as "Morphée" in the inventory made at the artist's death, 1797 (1797)”
  4. Dates unknown
    (Sold, Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris [as attributed to Fragonard])
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  5. December 2, 1910 –
    (sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 2, 1910, no. 13, as attributed to Fragonard)
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 2, 1910, no. 13, as attributed to Fragonard) (December 2, 1910)”
  6. Dates unknown
    Octave Linet (1870-1962), Paris and Tours, France
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  7. March 23, 1963 –
    (Octave Linet, sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, March 23, 1963, no. 16, as "Le genie du sommeil," as by François Boucher)
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Octave Linet, sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, March 23, 1963, no. 16, as "Le genie du sommeil," as by François Boucher) (March 23, 1963)”
  8. ? – 1963
    (Galerie Cailleux, Paris, France), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963.
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Galerie Cailleux, Paris, France), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963. (-1963)”
  9. 1963 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1963-)”
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