{"id":15153,"date":"2022-04-06T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T07:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&p=15153"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:37:05","slug":"sleeping-boy","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/laric-oliver\/sleeping-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fade-up” width=”1\/3″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”Sleeping Boy (2016)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text]The Sleeping Shepherd Boy was the first life-size figure modelled by John Gibson in Rome under the supervision of Canova. The subject, a classical shepherd boy, was prevalent among sculptors in Rome at the time \u2013 Canova\u2019s Sleeping Endymion was modelled…<\/p>\n

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