The Sleepers

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The Sleepers is an 1866 realist painting by Gustave Courbet depicting two nude women lying together in an intimate, intertwined pose, notable for its sensuality and frank portrayal of female sexuality.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
realist painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalContext 19th-century French painting
artist Gustave Courbet
collectionType museum collection
colorPalette earth tones
warm tones
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin France
creator Gustave Courbet
creatorNationality French
depicts bed
eroticism
female couple
intimacy
lesbianism
sleep
two nude women
genre Realism
hasCollection Petit Palais
hasPart background drapery
bed linen
hair ornament
jewelry
inception 1866
languageOfTitle French
locatedIn France
Paris
location Petit Palais, Paris
mainSubject female nudes
female sexuality
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
movement Realism
notableFor depiction of lesbian desire
erotic content
frank portrayal of female sexuality
sensuality
period 19th century
theme erotic art
female body
intimate relationships
sensuality
sleep and dream
title Le Sommeil
Les Dormeuses
The Sleepers

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gustave Courbet
notableWork
The Sleepers
title

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