Le Vigilant (The Vigilant One)
Artist
Pierre Narcisse Guérin
(French, 1774 - 1833)
Date1816
Mediumlithograph
DimensionsImage: 10 11/16 x 7 3/4 in. (27.1 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection
CultureFrench
Catalogue raisonnéBeraldi 8
Object numberPC2014.14.153
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionNude figure seated by a lamp and sketching with a board on his lap prevents the entrance of the Allegorical figure of Sleep swooping in from the upper right. His left foot rests on top of arrows fallen out of Cupid's quiver, who is sleeping on the base of his chair.This record has been reviewed by University Galleries staff but may be incomplete or contain errors. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For any inquiries about the information listed, please email galleries@sandiego.edu.
probably 1650-1660
c. 1500-1534
1927; pub. 1929
1927; pub. 1929
1933
