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Gray and black woodcut of a sleeping winged youth with curly hair, head resting on cloth, wing at right.

A Sleeping Cupid

A chiaroscuro woodcut in gray and black shows a winged youth asleep, head tilted back on a fold of cloth, curly hair framing his face. His bare shoulder and feathered wing fill the right side, with fine hatched lines modeling the soft forms.

Artist
Bartolomeo Coriolano
Date
1630–1645
Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in blue-gray and black printed from two blocks
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3161 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1645).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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