The Sleeping Gypsy

The Sleeping Gypsy
ArtistHenri Rousseau
Year1897 (1897)
Catalogue80172
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions129.5 cm × 200.7 cm (51.0 in × 79.0 in)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York City
Accession646.1939

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 painting; The Starry Night.