Endymion Sleeping — Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) | DiscoverArt

Endymion Sleeping

1635–50

Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash

21.2 × 24.8 cm (8.3 × 9.8 in)

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