Head of a Young Woman Asleep
A young woman lies asleep with her head turned back on a pillow, eyes closed, lips softly parted, and hair gathered loosely at the crown. Fine hatched lines in red-brown ink model the face, neck and drapery against the pale paper, giving a soft crayon-like texture.
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Lucien
- Date
- 1787/95
- Medium
- Crayon-manner engraving in red-brown on ivory wove China paper with a laid pattern
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1672 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
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