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Chalk drawing of a nude woman bowed beside stone steps, with a verse panel above a dark niche, a smoking lamp, and a skull at right.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Long Rest

A pale nude woman with long dark hair stands on a stair beside a draped cloth, head bowed, while a tall inscribed panel of verse rises above a dark tomb-like niche. Smoke curls from a snuffed lamp, and a skull-like form and a playing card rest at lower right. Drawn in chalk and pencil with white highlights on toned paper.

Artist
Elihu Vedder
Date
1883-1884
Medium
chalk and pencil on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2384 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1884).
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, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: El largo descanso, ilustración del Rubaiyat de Omar Jayam

Una mujer desnuda y pálida, de cabello oscuro y largo, está de pie en una escalera junto a una tela drapeada, con la cabeza inclinada, mientras un panel alto con versos se eleva sobre un nicho oscuro parecido a una tumba. Un humo sale de una lámpara apagada, y en la parte inferior derecha hay una forma parecida a un cráneo y una carta de juego. Dibujo a lápiz y tiza con toques blancos sobre papel tonal.

Português: O Longo Descanso, ilustração do Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam

Uma mulher nua e pálida, de cabelo longo e escuro, está de pé em uma escada ao lado de um tecido drapeado, com a cabeça inclinada, enquanto um painel alto com versos se eleva acima de um nicho escuro semelhante a um túmulo. Fumaça sobe de uma lâmpada apagada, e no canto inferior direito há uma forma parecida com um crânio e uma carta de baralho. Desenho em giz e lápis com realces brancos sobre papel tonalizado.

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