The Sleep of Endymion

Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson, 1791, Département des peintures du Louvre

‘The Sleep of Endymion’ is a work by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson (France, 1767–1824). It is dated 1791. It is part of the collection Département des peintures du Louvre.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 198 × 261 cm. The work belongs to the genres mythological painting and nude. The things depicted include Endymion, sleep, Eros, and wing.