Endymion Sleeping, 1635–50, Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash, sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (21.2 x 24.8 cm), Drawings, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna), A naked shepherd slumbers for eternity in the moonlit landscape, his staff discarded at his side, his cloak gathered beneath his arms as a pillow. Perpetually young and handsome, Endymion is beloved by the moon goddess Selene-whose presence here is suggested by the waning crescent in the sky
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Endymion Sleeping, 1635–50, Pen, brown ink, brush, light brown wash, sheet, 8 3/8 x 9 3/4, 21.2 24.8 cm, Drawings, Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian, Cento, 1591–1666, Bologna, naked, shepherd, slumbers, eternity, moonlit landscape, staff discarded, side, cloak gathered, beneath, arms, pillow, Perpetually young, handsome, Endymion, beloved, moon goddess, Selene, presence, suggested, waning crescent, sky
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