Sketch of the Portrait of Constance Pipelet (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Inscriptions

In graphite, lower left, signed "Desoria."; in graphite across bottom ledge "croqui du portrait de Constance P. . . Princesse De"

Exhibition history

Northampton, Mass., Smith College Museum of Art, "The French Portrait: Revolution to Restoration," September 30-December 11, 2005, p. 66, cat. 13 (ill.) (recto).

Publications

"Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago," (Chicago, 1976), p. 31 (recto). Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the 18th Century (Chicago, 1977), no. 1D7 (recto).

Quick Overview

Artist: Jean Baptiste François Désoria / French, 1758-1832
Date: after 1797
Medium: Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto and verso) on buff laid paper
Dimensions: 16.5 × 12.9 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: charcoal
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: As a gift from Mr. & Mrs. Carl Weinhardt in memory of Edna Hart Hubon
Accession no.: 1960.855

Provenance

Given by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weinhardt to the Art Institute, 1960.

More by Jean-Baptiste-François Desoria in museum collections

Portrait of Constance Pipelet
Jean-Baptiste-François Desoria
1797 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000907

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.