Le Sommeil du Grand Condé

Inscriptions

Lower right corner, within image, in brown ink: frémy; Beneath image, in gray watercolor: Condé, la vielle de la bataille de Rocroi, ayant tous préparé pour la bataille, s'endormit si profondément qu'il fallut le réveiller au moment de l'attaque (last few words indecipherable - text based on the description of the painting in the catalogue of the Salon of 1817)

Provenance

November 1975: Walter Schetzki, New York, NY ?–2008: Muriel Butkin [1915–2008], Shaker Heights, OH 2008–15: Estate of Muriel Butkin, bequest to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH March 5, 2015–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Quick Overview

Artist: Jacque-Noël-Marie Frémy (French, 1782–1867)
Date: c. 1817
Medium: ink and watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 13.6 x 10 cm (5 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 15.9 x 12.5 cm (6 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession no.: 2015.46

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.