# A Sleeping Shepherd

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VASSÉ, Louis-Claude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vass-louis-claude-r2739613868b1a6>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Marble, height 71 cm

## Commentary

Vassé&#39;s morceau de reception of a Sleeping Shepherd, presented in 1751, reveals a general indebtedness to Bouchardon accompanied by a sentimental slackness. The pose is too contrived to be convincing. The statue derives from antique prototypes which he reduces and frankly prettifies.

## Related artworks

- [Comedy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vass-louis-claude-r2739613868b1a6/comedy-r9d1cde8f34df80>)
- [Cupid Seated by the Sea and Assembling the Doves of the Chariot of Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vass-louis-claude-r2739613868b1a6/cupid-seated-by-the-sea-and-assembling-the-doves-of-the-chariot-of-venus-r275bf7a2d6af14>)

## Attribution

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