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Philosophy Asleep (La philosophie endormie)

Jean-Michel Moreau, le jeune

French, 1741–1814

After Jean-Baptiste Greuze, (French, 1725–1805)

Philosophy Asleep (La philosophie endormie)

1777

Medium etching on paper
Dimensions image: 16 x 12 3/16 in. (40.7 x 30.9 cm) sheet: 17 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (44.8 x 34 cm)
Object Number 1955.2319
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Jean-Michel Moreau, le jeune, Philosophy Asleep (La philosophie endormie), 1777, etching on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2319

Select Bibliography

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute.. French Eighteenth-Century Books and Their Illustrators. Sept. 29-Dec. 31, 1995. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Products of the Perfected Civilization: French Life before 1789. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1975.

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