Bust of a Nude Woman
1780
Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine
Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824)
Drawings
Bust of a Nude Woman, 1780. Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824). Black chalk and stumping; height: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2017.214 Lemoine was famous for his black chalk portraits like this example of a bust of a nude girl. Given the sitter’s individualized features, this image could represent a specific portrait; however, her identity is now lost to modern viewers. Below the portrait on the blue oval mount, the artist signed and dated the work to indicate his authorship.
- Maker/Artist
- Lemoine, Jacques Antoine Marie
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Black chalk and stumping
- Dimensions
- height: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: lower center, on original mount, in black ink: Lemoine 1780 Inscription: verso of card: upper left, in graphite: EUEW / BWLG; upper center, in graphite: Jacques Antoine Marie LEMOINE / 1780; upper center, in graphite: Provenance: / V. Sardou (Auction 27/4/1909 no. 94) / Albert Lehman (Auction 8/6/1925 no. 161) / René Friburg (Auction 16/10/1963 no. 582); center, in graphite: Illustrated in the “Connoisseur” Dec 1969
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2017.214
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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