

The Sleeping Gypsy (French: La Bohémienne endormie) is an 1897 oil on canvas painting by the French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a fantastical depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night. It is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, to which it was donated by Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in 1939. In the museum, the painting is housed next to Vincent van Gogh's famous 1889 painting The Starry Night.
Original title: La Bohémienne endormie (French)
Dimensions: W200.7cm x H129.5cm
Movement(s): Primitivism, Post-Impressionism, Naïve art, Modern Art
Medium(s): Oil on canvas
Genre(s): Landscape, Genre Art