Sleeping Silenus is a bronze relief by Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. The original relief in marble was completed by Duquesnoy in the early 17th century. The original Sleeping Silenus is known today only through copies.[1] A well-preserved version in bronze is currently housed at Rubenshuis in Antwerp.[2][3]
^Lingo, Estelle Cecile (2007). François Duquesnoy and the Greek Ideal. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. 46–56. ISBN 9780300124835.
^"Sleeping Silenus". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^"Sleeping Silenus". Rubenshuis. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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