id:			121277
accession number:	1942.1148
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1148
updated:		2025-07-01 11:07:05.032000

Portrait of a Woman Reclining on a Sofa, c. 1804. Jean-Antoine Laurent (French, 1763–1832). Watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame circa 1805; image: 7.9 x 8.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.); diameter of frame: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection, 1942.1148

title:				Portrait of a Woman Reclining on a Sofa
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creation date:			c. 1804
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1809
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame circa 1805
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* Jean-Antoine Laurent (French, 1763–1832)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 7.9 x 8.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed right:  L
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
	opening date:   1993-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

	title:		Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives
	opening date:   2013-11-10T00:00:00
	<i>Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Exposition d’Oeuvres d’Art du XVIII Siècle, Paris, La Bibliotheque Nationale, 1906, no. 322 (repr. opp. p. 52).', 'opening_date': '1906-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'L’Exposition de la Miniature, Brussels, 1912, cat. no. 917', 'opening_date': '1912-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Chefs d’Oeuvre de la Miniature et de la Gouache, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland, 1956, cat. no. 257.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), January 30, 2012 - July 23, 2012. Verso on display.', 'opening_date': '2012-01-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. <em>Portrait Miniatures ; The Edward B. Greene Collection. </em>1951.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 23, p. 36, cat. 72; reproduced plate XXXII
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.1148/1942.1148_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.1148/1942.1148_full.tif