1790
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Figure Sleeping in a Doorway is a 1790 graphite by John Flaxman, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting is called Figure Sleeping in a Doorway. It was made by John Flaxman between 1820 and 1826. The artist worked during the Romantic period, which was a time when artists focused on emotion and imagination - this might have influenced his choice of subject, a quiet, everyday scene. You can learn more about this style at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was an English sculptor and draughtsman who was a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism.
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