# The Sleep of Endymion

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIRODET DE ROUCY-TRIOSON, Anne-Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 198 x 261 cm

## Commentary

This painting, painted while the artist was still in Rome, shows strong mystical and erotic tendencies in the way it treats the classical legend of the shepherd boy beloved by the moon goddess.

## Related artworks

- [Benoît-Agnes Trioson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/benot-agnes-trioson-r9b0fdbf8b348b5>)
- [François-René de Chateaubriand](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/franois-ren-de-chateaubriand-r4eb2e318c27597>)
- [La Caucasienne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/la-caucasienne-rf31c187f603519>)
- [Mademoiselle Lange as Danaë](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/mademoiselle-lange-as-dana-r7e337d292d1c09>)
- [Mademoiselle Lange as Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/mademoiselle-lange-as-venus-r0792552f849cb1>)
- [Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of French Heroes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/ossian-receiving-the-ghosts-of-french-heroes-r76cd2fc5556f0e>)
- [Portrait of J. B. Belley, Deputy for Saint-Domingue](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/portrait-of-j-b-belley-deputy-for-saint-domingue-r1d64941a3f1cad>)
- [Portrait of Jacques-Joseph de Cathelineau](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/portrait-of-jacques-joseph-de-cathelineau-rab07b57d96809e>)
- [Portrait of Joachim Murat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/portrait-of-joachim-murat-rf51bcbdba4700a>)
- [Portrait of Queen Hortense](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/portrait-of-queen-hortense-r7cbe3ed175b557>)
- [Scene of the Flood](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/scene-of-the-flood-r77d99ed85e8292>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/girodet-de-roucy-trioson-anne-louis-r51865e4c05e49a/self-portrait-rf8a924e0ef5fc8>)

## Attribution

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