id: 123420 accession number: 1943.650 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.650 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1783 creation date earliest: 1783 creation date latest: 1783 current location: creditline: The Edward B. Greene Collection copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * André Pujos (French, 1738–1788) - artist --- measurements: Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed on paneling at left: pujos / pinxit / anno / 1783 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America opening date: 1993-03-26T04:00:00 Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. 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 Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (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 Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * International Exhibition of Miniatures, Vienna Albertina, 1924, cat. no. 692, repr. pl. VI.

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.

Main European Rotation (Gallery 202), July 18, 2011 - January 30, 2012. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Although her identity is unknown, it seems clear that this affluent woman with a flowery coif took pleasure in reading and writing letters. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.650/1943.650_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.650/1943.650_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.650/1943.650_full.tif