Jean lecomte du nouÿ 1842 - 1923
the final in a series of paintings of hallucinating reclining men smoking a water pipe, the present work is the culmination of lecomte du nouÿ's developing thoughts on, and ambitions for, the subject. Whereas sleep of the chieftain (c. 1873; location unknown), the dream of a eunuch (1874; cleveland museum of art), and the dream of cosrou (salon 1875; location unknown) are illustrations of a letter by charles de secondat, baron de montesquieu's (1689-1755) lettres persanes (persian letters, 1721). Object Type: painting. Date: 1904. Dimensions: 69 by 120cm., 27¼ by 47in.. Medium: oil on canvas. Rêve d'Orient
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