Young Woman in Bed (Jeune femme au lit)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Frederick William MacMonnies’s choice of Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, as the subject of this sculpture testifies to the interest in mythological subjects and themes among Neoclassical American sculptors during the latter half of the nineteenth century. However, the artist eschewed the idealized proportions of Neoclassicism to embrace a more naturalistic modeling of the human form.
An artist of international acclaim during his lifetime, MacMonnies completed the design for Diana while training in Paris. After the life-size plaster model earned an award at the Salon of 1889, he began to produce smaller multiples such as this one.
Caption
Édouard Vuillard French, 1868–1940. Young Woman in Bed (Jeune femme au lit), 1894. Oil on board, 10 1/16 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm) Frame: 15 x 18 x 2 in. (38.1 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Margaret R. Spanel, 2007.43. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.43_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Young Woman in Bed (Jeune femme au lit)
Date
1894
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on board
Classification
Dimensions
10 1/16 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm) Frame: 15 x 18 x 2 in. (38.1 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm)
Markings
Stamped bottom right: "E. Vuillard" (Lugt 2497a)
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret R. Spanel
Accession Number
2007.43
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
This work may be in the public domain in the United States. Works created by United States and non-United States nationals published prior to 1923 are in the public domain, subject to the terms of any applicable treaty or agreement. You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this work. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). The Museum does not warrant that the use of this work will not infringe on the rights of third parties, such as artists or artists' heirs holding the rights to the work. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions before copying, transmitting, or making other use of protected items beyond that allowed by "fair use," as such term is understood under the United States Copyright Act. The Brooklyn Museum makes no representations or warranties with respect to the application or terms of any international agreement governing copyright protection in the United States for works created by foreign nationals. For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
Have information?
Have information about an artwork? Contact us at