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Bust of a Nude Woman
About the Artwork
Lemoine was famous for his black chalk portraits like this example of a bust of a nude girl. Given the sitter’s individualized features, this image could represent a specific portrait; however, her identity is now lost to modern viewers. Below the portrait on the blue oval mount, the artist signed and dated the work to indicate his authorship.
Inscriptions
lower center, on original mount, in black ink: Lemoine 1780; verso of card: upper left, in graphite: EUEW / BWLG; upper center, in graphite: Jacques Antoine Marie LEMOINE / 1780; upper center, in graphite: Provenance: / V. Sardou (Auction 27/4/1909 no. 94) / Albert Lehman (Auction 8/6/1925 no. 161) / René Friburg (Auction 16/10/1963 no. 582); center, in graphite: Illustrated in the “Connoisseur” Dec 1969
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824)
- Date
- 1780
- Medium
- Black chalk and stumping
- Dimensions
- height: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2017.214
More by Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine 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-00011694
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