Engraving of a sleeping man under a draped canopy bed in a tiled room, with a fireplace at right and winged figures in clouds above.

Sleeper beneath a canopy bed, engraved bedchamber scene

An engraved bedchamber scene shows a man asleep beneath a heavy draped canopy bed, while a carved fireplace stands at right above a tiled floor. Above the bed, winged figures and a billowing cloud drift across the upper left, and a Latin inscription runs along the lower margin.

Artist: Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum
Date: 1585
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 3214 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1585.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

16th century 1580s 1585 engraving clouds winged figure latin inscription fireplace canopy bed tiled floor sleeping man dream vision bedchamber