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Sleep

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

c. 1867–1870 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Size3:2 ratio

Will it fit? See it to scale above your sofa, bed or mantel

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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Sleep

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About this work

Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
Year: c. 1867–1870
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 66.4 × 106 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Symbolism

Under a full moon rising over the sea, harvesters lie asleep in the open beside a thatched shelter and a great dark tree: an old man in a white headcloth, women cradling infants, men stretched out on the stubble. The scene is held in muted blues, greys and dull rose. This is a smaller replica of the huge painting Puvis showed at the Salon of 1867, now in Lille, which illustrates a line from Virgil's Aeneid about the hour when weary mortals first rest. Puvis considered that composition his favourite work. Theodore M. Davis bequeathed this version to the Metropolitan Museum in 1915.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Moonlit blues, grey-green and soft rose make a hushed, restful picture for a bedroom or a long wall above a bed or sofa. Hang it with Friedrich's Moonrise over the Sea at 24×16 in a dark wood frame.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Symbolism painting
Era: 19th century (c. 1867–1870)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: grand
Rooms: bedroom, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Sleep in the public domain?

Yes. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898) died more than 70 years ago and the work was made and first published more than 95 years ago, so the painting itself is public domain in the US and Europe. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12 and 24×16 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Sleep painted, and in what medium?

Sleep dates from c. 1867–1870 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 66.4 × 106 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×16 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 18×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Sleep we'd choose 24×16. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Sleep (Pierre Puvis de Chavannes) — Sleep · Pierre Puvis de Chavannes · c. 1867–1870. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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