Sleep, ca. 1867–70, Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 41 3/4 in. (66.4 x 106 cm), Paintings, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824–1898 Paris), This is a smaller replica of an 1867 painting, Sleep (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille), which Puvis regarded as his “favorite work.” He associated the composition with a fragment from the Aeneid by the ancient Roman poet Virgil: “It was the hour when the first rest of weary mortals begins” (book 2, line 268)
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Sleep, ca, 1867–70, Oil, canvas, 26 1/8 x 41 3/4, 66.4 106 cm, Paintings, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French, Lyons, 1824–1898, Paris, smaller replica, 1867 painting, Palais des Beaux-Arts, de, Lille, Puvis regarded, favorite work., associated, composition, fragment, Aeneid, ancient Roman, poet, Virgil, hour, first rest, weary mortals, begins, book 2, line 268
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