Vestal Maiden Asleep in a Chair

A pen-and-ink drawing shows a young woman in loose classical drapery asleep in a tall carved chair, arms folded and head tilted against the chair back. A round tripod brazier stands at lower left, and a columned interior frames the figure beneath a partly legible inscription. Fine hatching gives the scene a quiet, drowsy air.

Look closer: A handwritten dedication in French runs along the bottom edge of the sheet.

Artist

Louis-Hector Leroux

Date

1879

Medium

Pen and black ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2288 × 3454 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher, 1965