Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009212About the Artwork
For many years, this sitter was identified as Madame de Pompadour, but she bears little resemblance to this pivotal figure in French art and politics of the mid 1700s. Nattier specialized in portraits of women in mythological guises—in this case, the bow, quiver, and leopard skin, all attributes of Diana, goddess of the hunt.
Inscriptions
signed lower left: Nattier P.x. / 1752
Provenance
Before 1860: Comte de Pimodan (probably Georges Pimodan [1822-1860]), Paris Possibly until 19130: Madame Dhainaut By 1930: (Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY, sold to John L. Severance) 1930-1936: John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, upon his death, held in trust by the estate 1936-1942: Estate of John L. Severance, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1942-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Bequest of John L. Severance
Exhibition history
Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934). Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943). Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). France in the 18th Century. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 5-March 3, 1968). Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766). Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon, France (October 25, 1999-January 30, 2000).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766)
- Date
- 1752
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 127.5 x 107.5 x 10 cm (50 3/16 x 42 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 100.4 x 79.5 cm (39 1/2 x 31 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Accession no.
- 1942.643
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