id:			123420
accession number:	1943.650
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.650
updated:		2025-02-09 01:01:38.913000

Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress, 1783. André Pujos (French, 1738–1788). Watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame; diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); diameter of frame: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1943.650

title:				Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress
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creation date:			1783
creation date earliest:		1783
creation date latest:		1783
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creditline:			The Edward B. Greene Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Portrait Miniature
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CREATORS

* André Pujos (French, 1738–1788)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed on paneling at left:  pujos / pinxit / anno / 1783
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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).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'International Exhibition of Miniatures, Vienna Albertina, 1924, cat. no. 692, repr. pl. VI.', 'opening_date': '1924-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Chefs d’Oeuvre de la Miniature et de la Gouache, Musée D’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland, 1956, cat. no. 365. June 15-August 15, 1956.', 'opening_date': '1956-06-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), July 18, 2011 - January 30, 2012.', 'opening_date': '2011-07-18T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Edward Belden Greene. Portrait Miniatures ; <em>The Edward B. Greene Collection.</em> 1951.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 36, cat. 76; Reproduced: plate XXIX
	url:		https://archive.org/details/PortraitMiniatures

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IMAGES

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