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Portrait of a Lady
Inscriptions
signed, center left, in gray ink: J. Isabey ; ON AN OLD MAT (now removed): Mme [me superscript] Mulo pui Monsur / Malard de faire 1 passpartout oval en papier / de couleur le [illegible] possible -- pour / Demain si c'est possible pour [illegible]sey cherche / vous divez l'heur
Provenance
unidentified collector's mark?, center right, in blue ink: A[is ?]. Edward Belden Greene, Cleveland
Exhibition history
Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12-September 15, 1935). Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855)
- Date
- 1767–1855
- Medium
- black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in black chalk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21.6 x 16.8 cm (8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.); Image: 16.9 x 13.9 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Belden Greene
- Accession no.
- 1960.133
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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