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2. Study for Young Woman Asleep, Seen from the Back Étude pour une femme endormie, vue de dos

1846-1847 Graphite on paper 3 13 ⁄ 16 x 5 1 ⁄ 8 in. (9.7 x 13 cm) Stamped lower left: Lugt 3728

Two variants of our drawing are illustrated in “A Group of Millet Drawings of the Female Nude” by Bruce Laughton, Master Drawings Journal, Spring 1979, vol. 17, no. 1. All three are connected to an oil painting Woman Asleep which was recently sold at Doyle’s Auction in New York.

Young Woman Asleep, Seen from the Back , 1846–47, oil on panel; Art market, 2021

Eugène Delacroix, Female Nude (D. 21 II), 1833, Etching; Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale

Rembrandt van Rijn, Reclining Female Nude , 1658, Etching, drypoint, and engraving on japan paper; The Metropolitan Museum of Art (29.107.28)