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The Siesta, ca. 1892–94. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 35 x 45 3/4 in. (88.9 x 116.2 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Siesta
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)
- Date
- ca. 1892–94
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 45 3/4 in. (88.9 x 116.2 cm)
- Credit line
- The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1848–1903
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.