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About the Artwork
Lemoyne specialized in portrait busts of wealthy Parisians. In this case, the sitter is a close relative of important French critic and writer Denis Diderot.
Inscriptions
Signed underneath shoulder: J. B. Lemoyne (incised).
Provenance
Bouet, Paris, France -1952: César M. de Hauke, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1952-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (French, 1704–1778)
- Date
- possibly 1760
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 63.5 x 33 cm (25 x 13 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1952.566
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-00010754
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