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Watercolor forest scene with large trees, a sleeping reclining woman by a stream at right, and a crouching faun at lower left.

Landscape with a Sleeping Woman and a Faun

A wooded landscape in brush and watercolor shows tall trees framing a sunlit clearing. In the lower right a reclining nude woman sleeps beside a stream, while a small crouching faun with horned features tends the undergrowth in the lower left.

Artist
Albert Christoph Dies
Date
1781
Medium
Brush and watercolor on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3029 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1781).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Paisaje con mujer dormida y fauno

Un paisaje boscoso en acuarela y pincel muestra árboles altos que enmarcan un claro iluminado. En el margen inferior derecho, una mujer desnuda reclinada duerme junto a un arroyo, mientras un pequeño fauno agachado con rasgos cornudos se inclina entre la maleza a la izquierda.

Português: Paisagem com mulher adormecida e fauno

Uma paisagem arborizada em aquarela e pincel mostra árvores altas emoldurando uma clareira iluminada. No canto inferior direito, uma mulher nua reclinada dorme junto a um riacho, enquanto um pequeno fauno agachado, de traços com chifres, se curva sobre a vegetação à esquerda.

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