Pencil drawing on grey-blue paper of a reclining man with long hair beside a spear, with a faint figure rising above him and another shape at the bottom.

Endymion sleeping, with Selene above (drawing)

Black chalk and white heightening on blue-grey paper show a reclining male figure with long hair, draped and resting on the ground beside a spear. Above and behind him, a faint, sketchy figure rises amid loose hatched strokes, while a second shape lies at the lower edge.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1760–1790
Medium: Black crayon, white heightening on grey/blue rough paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 2695 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1790).
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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