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Sleeping Boy

ca. 1774
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552
Made during Roland's sojourn in Italy (1770-1776). Probably served as a model for versions in marble (1774) and bronze, which would suggest a date before 1774. Influenced by sleeping erotes and depictions of Thanatos of classical antiquity;decision to include the arms, of which one is exposed and the other truncated and draped, is a revival of Baroque usage. Also reminiscent of genre-studies such as Greuze's half-lengths.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sleeping Boy
  • Artist: Philippe Laurent Roland (French, Pont-à-Marc 1746–1816 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1774
  • Culture: Italian, Rome
  • Medium: Terracotta, painted white
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 22 9/16 × 14 × 10 1/8 in., 53.9 lb. (57.3 × 35.6 × 25.7 cm, 24.4 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Wrightsman Fund, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.206
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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