The Sleeping Child in the Care of a Brave Dog, Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, after 1801

Copy of a painting exhibited by jeanne-elisabeth chaudet at the salon of 1801 (# 62) in the collection of the musée d'art et d'histoire de rochefort (musée hèbre de saint-clément). A child asleep in his cradle, in the care of a courageous dog who has just killed a huge viper near him. Inspired by the legend saint guinefort, a greyhound who saved a young child from the bite of a snake. Object Type: painting, artwork copy. Genre: history painting. Date: after 1801. Dimensions: height: 27 cm (10.6 in) ; width: 35.5 cm (13.9 in). Medium: gouache paint. Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet - The Sleeping Child in the Care of a Brave Dog (copy)