# Slapende Vishnu

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1100 - c. 1300
- Medium: sandstone
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 32.8 cm x width 20.2 cm x depth 19.4 cm x weight 14.5 kg
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase C.J.P. Baronesse van der Feltz-Lotsy, 1951)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-224--7c67c23783a8dd9c909619a62b8d229e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/lxHLm/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This head originally formed part of a complete figure of Vishnu. The Hindu god would have been represented reclining on his side, resting his head on his hand. The damage behind his right ear marks the place where the hand would have been. According to Hindu belief, creation is cyclical. Before each new creation cycle, Vishnu sleeps and dreams of the coming regeneration.