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Closed-eye babies reproduce a sleeping newborn. It is the most peaceful expression, and often the most convincing: a closed eye avoids the vacant stare that sometimes gives open-eyed models away.

The work then concentrates on the eyelid — its curve, the fineness of the fold, the rooting of lashes that must follow the line without looking stuck on.

These are the models most often chosen to be held, and the most recommended for therapeutic support, where the look of a sleeping baby soothes more than a fixed gaze.