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PortraitsDebated Attribution
Girl Asleep
- Catalog
- WD-D16
- Artist
- Willem Drost
- Year
- c. 1656
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- Unknown
- Location
- Present location unknown
Description
A genre drawing of a young woman asleep, demonstrating Drost's interest in capturing quiet, everyday moments alongside his more formal biblical and portrait subjects.
Analysis
This drawing, attributed to Drost by PubHist (c. 1656), belongs to his Italian period and shows a gentler, more intimate side of his graphic work. The sleeping figure subject was common in Dutch Golden Age art, with precedents in Rembrandt's studies. The soft handling and intimate subject suggest a private study rather than a finished work.