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Jean Bernard Restout

Sleep

c. 1771
oil on canvas
97.6 × 130 cm (38.4 × 51.2 in)

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A source of inspiration for this painting was probably the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses , which describes the god of sleep as living in a cave with sleep-inducing poppies at the entrance.

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