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Le Dévouement des Citoyennes de Paris (The Dedication of the Citizens of Paris)
About the Artwork
Painted during the French Revolution’s treacherous Reign of Terror, the artist took inspiration from an actual event. In 1789, wives and daughters of several prominent artists donated their jewelry to the service of the young French republic. Joseph-Benoit Suvée recasts the event in classical Roman style, underscoring the connection between the ancient republic and France’s revolutionary ambitions.
Inscriptions
DECLARATION DES DROITS/DE L’HOMME ET DU CITOIEN/ARTICLE
Provenance
-2004: Private Collection, Paris, France December 3, 2004: (Sale: Paris, France, Hôtel Drouot, Beaussant Lefèvre, 3 December 2004, lot 59, as Joseph-Marie Vien) 2004-2005: W. M. Brady & Co., New York, NY, sold private collectors, New York, NY 2021-2022: Mark Brady, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Joseph-Benoît Suvée (French, 1743–1807)
- Date
- 1794
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49.9 x 61.3 cm (19 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Accession no.
- 2022.40
More by Joseph-Benoît Suvée in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009706
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