● On view now — 216B French and German
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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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Jean-Simon Berthélemy — Death of a Gladiator
Jacques-Louis David — Académie d´homme, Hector
Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802) — Reclining Male Nude
Gabriel Briard|Simon Charles Miger — Study of Male Nude
Edmé Bouchardon (French, 1698–1762) — Academy of a Seated Nu
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) — Male Academy with Win
Jean Michel Liotard|Carlo Cignani — Battle of Love and Pan
Pieter Christoffel Wonder — Time
Johann Michael Rottmayr — Mercury rescues the disguised Io a
Johann Michael Rottmayr — Diana and Endymion
Pietro Testa|Giovanni Cesare Testa — The dead Christ accompa
Ary de Vois — Jacob’s Dream
