Sleep and His Half-Brother Death is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1874. Waterhouse's first Royal Academy exhibit (submitted from his father's house at 1 Scarsdale Villas), it was painted after both his younger brothers died of tuberculosis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_and_His_Half-Brother_Death
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ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 11 pts · 1y
It' s a reference to gods Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death), who are brothers.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I prefer the modern version
perishthethought@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
I thought of Gaiman and Sandman too. Sleep could'a been one of the Endless if his name started with a D. :|
UtMan1988@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
And they were roommates