Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009303About the Artwork
Jean-Marc Nattier was a favorite portraitist of King Louis XV of France. He held the lucrative position as the court painter for Queen Mary Lesczynski, the daughter of the exiled king of Poland. The portrait was long thought to be of Madame Henriette de France, one of the daughters of Louis XV and Queen Mary Lesczynski, but this identification is no longer accepted and the sitter remains unknown. There has been considerable confusion over the identity of many of Nattier's sitters, as they tend to conform to an idealized concept of female beauty.
Provenance
Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Duc de Dino, Paris, France, to second wife, Ms. Adele Livingston Sampson ? - 1912: Ms. Adele Livingston Sampson, by descent to her daughter, Mrs. Frederick H. Allen 1912 - 1930: Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Allen, Pelham Manor, New York, from whom purchased by Duveen Brothers 1930 - ?: Duveen Brothers (New York, NY), sold to Commodore and Mrs. Louis Dudley Beaumont Commodore and Mrs. Louis Dudley Beaumont, Cap d'Antibes, France ? - 1948: Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948. 1948 -: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951). Artlens Exhibition 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer).
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
- c. 1748
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 108 x 92.5 x 11 cm (42 1/2 x 36 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 82 x 65 cm (32 5/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation
- Accession no.
- 1948.183
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