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Creation of The Sleeping Gypsy

Creation of The Sleeping Gypsy
Image: Henri Rousseau · Public domain · source

The Sleeping Gypsy is an 1897 oil on canvas painting by the French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a fantastical depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night. It is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, to which it was donated by Olga Guggenheim in 1939.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Creation of Girls at the Piano1892
  2. Creation of Flaming June1895
  3. Creation of Hylas and the Nymphs1896
  4. Creation of The Sleeping Gypsy (this page)1897
  5. Creation of Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?1890s
  6. Creation of Judith I1901

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