Subject
Sleep
Sleep is a subject in art. The gallery holds 98 works in this subject in art, including works by Paolo Veronese, William Sidney Mount and François Boucher.
The sleeping figure is one of art history's most versatile subjects, permitting the depiction of the unguarded body free from social performance. Giorgione's Sleeping Venus established the reclining female nude as a fundamental Western type; Goya, Courbet, and many others explored the vulnerability and intimacy of sleep across centuries of painting and sculpture.
Key artists
Works
The Harvesters
A Girl Asleep
The Green Sofa
Venus and Adonis
Untitled
The Dissolute Household
The Letter
Venus, Mars and Cupid
Teasing a Sleeping Girl
The Interrupted Sleep
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Christ Asleep during the Tempest
Untitled
Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine
Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child
Angelica and the Hermit
A Man Asleep Alongside a Dog and a Horse
Harem Scene
Odalisque
Charity
伝俵屋宗達筆 源氏物語図「宿木」 |“Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)
Child Asleep (The Rosebud)
Brothel Scene
A Footman Sleeping
Sleep
明 佚名 唐寅(僞款) 蕉葉仕女圖 卷|Beauty Sleeping on a Banana Leaf
Sleeping lion at night
Southern rocky landscape with Mercury and Argus
Asleep
Mischief and Repose
The Empress Marie-Louise watching over the sleep of the King of Rome
The Birth of Minerva
Landscape with Herdsmen and Satan Sowing Darnel
Good and Evil
A Sleeping Saleswoman
Idlers
The Nightmare
Thetis takes Achilles from the Centaur Chiron
風俗美人時計 子ノ刻 妾|Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child
Sleeping Girl
Woman Sewing beside her Sleeping Child
Dog at Rest
Young Girl Sleeping
El Sueño
An Old Woman Dozing
Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
A Sleeping Courtesan
The Patrician's Dream
A Sleeping Judge
Mr. Willem Bilderdijk na zijn dood
Saskia(?) Lying in Bed
Madame V. Sleeping
Curled up Girl on Bed
Study of a Semi-Reclining Figure
Sleeping Peasant
Annie
The Artist's Children Wolf and Anna Asleep
Figure Resting Head on Hand
Schlafende
Violet Sleeping
Study
Dona adormida
Jacob’s Dream
Dromerij, Arabisch meisje
Shepherd with Dog and Sheep
Sorrow (Chagrin)
Girl Sleeping on Settee
La Belle Dame endormie
Te Po (The Long Night)
La Belle au bois dormant
The Siesta
By the Balcony
El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
Odalisque reclining on a divan
The Artist's Wife (Ellen Moxon, later Lady Orchardson, c 1854 - 1917)
A Girl Asleep on a Sofa
A Sleeping Girl
At A Tavern
Abandoned ; Orphan
The Suicide
Composition (Study of Nudes)
Lycidas
Orpo
Cap de femeie pe pernă
Dormind
Sovende pige
元/明 佚名 竹榻小憩圖 冊頁|Man Sleeping on a Bamboo Couch
An Open Book
Lamenting Woman (Sarah H. Crone)
A Sleeping Shepherd
Untitled
Untitled
Bimbo che dorme (Sleeping Boy)
Femeie culcată
Elles: Woman Lying on Her Back
Elles: Woman Sleeping
Untitled
Untitled
Frequently asked questions
What is Sleep?
Sleep is a subject in art. The sleeping figure is one of art history's most versatile subjects, permitting the depiction of the unguarded body free from social performance.
How many Sleep works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 98 public-domain Sleep works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Sleep artists?
Key Sleep artists in the collection include Paolo Veronese, William Sidney Mount and François Boucher.
Where can I see Sleep works?
Sleep works in the collection are held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art and Cleveland Museum of Art.