A Sleeping Man and Mother with Baby

Pen and ink with brush wash on paper showing a bearded man sleeping, head tilted back, seated on a ledge with a draped cloth and bare legs. At right, a seated woman cradles a baby against her shoulder within a faint circular outline, with a shaded cloud-like mass beneath her.

Artist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison

Date

1780–1800

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1280 × 912 px

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