id: 125030
accession number: 1946.465
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Portrait of a Man, 1700s. Attributed to Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French, 1704–1788). Pastel on gray paper; sheet: 57 x 46 cm (22 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward B. Greene 1946.465
title: Portrait of a Man
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creation date: 1700s
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creditline: Gift of Edward B. Greene
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: pastel on gray paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - French
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French, 1704–1788) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 57 x 46 cm (22 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mensing & Fils, Amsterdam, 4/27/37, no. 329, illus.
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Arnold Seligmann & Rey, Paris
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E. B. Greene, Cleveland
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(Sale: Mensing & Fils, Amsterdam, 4/27/37, no. 329, illus.); (Arnold Seligmann & Rey, Paris); E. B. Greene, Cleveland, 1937
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Reproduced: p. 93; Mentioned: p. 92-95
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Francis, Henry. "Three Eighteenth-Century Pastel Portraits." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34, no. 9 (November 1947): 213-215.
page number: Mentioned: p. 213; Reproduced: p. 236
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141409
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