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Three beautiful young women shading themselves from the midday sun in the Mediterranean south. The girl at the centre holds her veil out to provide shelter for the one who lies asleep at the front of the group, supporting her head on her arms. The girl on the right leans across so that her head is close to those of her two companions, and so that her figure completes the circular shape that the three of them form in the painting's foreground. Behind them, the trunks of two trees splay out to make an inverted triangle, while on the left side a distant view of the coast of the Campagna can be seen.

This painting was originally hung in the Queen Victoria's dressing room.

English Heritage, Osborne House

East Cowes

Title

La siesta

Date

1844

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 58 x W 44 cm

Accession number

88291755

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund and the Friends of Royal Osborne

Work type

Painting

English Heritage, Osborne House

York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight PO32 6JY England

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Artist or maker

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

1805–1873

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