Sleeper Awakened by a Young Woman with Fire
A scene of comic ribaldry unfolds like a tableau vivant, with figures of great bodily and affective presence, painted from life and posed in the darkened space of the artist’s studio. A mischievous young prostitute prepares to play a prank on a soldier of fortune who, after a night of excess at a Roman tavern, has dozed off during a game of cards. The figures are momentarily caught in a bright sha…
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1620/1624
- 1620/1624
Provenance
- Gift of The Friends of Nationalmuseum 2011
Identifier
- NM 7077
- 132616
Extent
- Mått 101 x 133 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:02.189Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:25:34.354Z