id: 136822 accession number: 1961.318 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.318 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:50.268000 Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right (recto) Study of a Male Nude (verso), c. 1810. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823). Black and white chalk (both stumped); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.318 title: Study of a Nude Woman, Seated Looking to the Right (recto) Study of a Male Nude (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1810 creation date earliest: 1805 creation date latest: 1815 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: black and white chalk (both stumped) department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: Guiffrey 1151 --- CREATORS * Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823) - artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon studied at the Dijon School of Art under François Devosge (1732-1811), founder and director of one of the most prominent art schools in France. In 1776 Prud'hon met the Baron de Joursanvault, a follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and an art lover, who became his first patron. At the age of twenty-two Prud'hon left for Paris, where he attended the Académie Royale and was introduced to Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) and Jean-Georges Wille (1715-1808), an important engraver and collector. Soon after he returned to Dijon in 1784, he won the Prix de Rome and left for Italy, where he would spend four decisive years. He studied the works of Raphael (1483-1520), Leonardo da Vinci (1452--1519), and Correggio (ca. 1489/94-1534) as well as antique sculptures. He was influenced by the artists Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779), Antonio Canova (1757-1822), and Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807) rather than his own countrymen, the pupils of David (q.v.). When he returned to Paris in 1788, Prud'hon endorsed the revolutionary ideals. He attended the meetings of David's Club des Arts and made drawings with political overtones that were to be engraved. After Robespierre's execution, Prud'hon was forced to live in exile in the Franche-Comté (1794-96), where he painted several portraits and made book illustrations. Upon his return to Paris he was elected to the Institut de France and received private and public commissions for decorative projects, including, for example, the ceilings in the Greek sculpture rooms of the Louvre and designs for the celebrations of the emperor's coronation and his marriage to Marie-Louise of Austria. During the First Empire (1805-15) he became equally respected for his imperial portraits and was appointed drawing instructor of the new empress. During the Bourbon restoration (1815-23) he still received several public commissions, even though he did not sympathize with the regime. In 1802 Prud'hon's wife had to be institutionalized, leaving him to care for their five children. He would be supported in this task by his pupil, Constance Mayer (1774-1821), who not only became his mistress but also his first artistic collaborator. (Prud'hon often made the preparatory drawings for her paintings.) His last years were plagued with many problems, and Mayer's suicide in 1821 affected him tremendously. He would survive her only briefly, dying two years later in 1823. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: on recto, lower left, in red ink: stamp of Charles-Boulanger de Boisfremont [Lugt 353]; on verso, lower left, in black ink: stamp of Cleveland Museum of Art [Lugt 605e]; watermark, at bottom: unidentified, large chaplet. ON SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECES OF PAPER (now removed), printed in black ink: WALTER S. M. BURNS, ESQ. / To be Sold on giving up his Residence at 50, Grosvenor Street, W. / Sale - Sotheby [inscribed in black ink] / DAY OF SALE / Thursday, May 6th, 1926. ; printed in black ink: PIERRE PRUD'HON. / 134 Study of a Nude Woman seated looking to the Right / Black and white chalk on blue paper / 24 in. by 16 3/4 in. (610 mm. by 425 mm.) ; printed in black ink: 2.026 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: Neo-classicism: Style and Motif opening date: 1964-09-23T04:00:00 Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). title: Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands opening date: 1965-01-01T05:00:00 Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965). title: French Drawings opening date: 1965-11-16T05:00:00 French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1965-February 16, 1966). title: Drawings opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968). title: French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections opening date: 1972-09-02T04:00:00 French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (September 2-October 15, 1972); Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (September 2-October 15, 1972); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.,, Canada (November 3-December 17, 1972); The New York Cultural Center, New York, NY (April 4-May 13, 1973). title: Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism opening date: 1980-02-19T05:00:00 Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980). title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792 opening date: 1982-02-02T05:00:00 French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 2-May 16, 1982). title: The Lessons of the Academy opening date: 1983-02-08T05:00:00 The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983). title: National Schools of Style opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00 National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983). title: Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure opening date: 1991-11-05T05:00:00 Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992). title: French Drawings from the Collection opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00 French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995). title: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2023-01-20T05:00:00 Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Art Gallery of Ontario (September 2–October 15, 1972); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (November 3– December 17, 1972); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (January 12–March 11, 1973); New York Cultural Center (April 4–May 13, 1973).', 'opening_date': '1972-10-15T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Studio of the artist, by descent to Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont date: c. 1810-1823 footnotes: citations: Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont [1773–1838], Paris, by descent to his son, M. de Boisfremont fils date: 1823-1838 footnotes: citations: M. de Boisfremont fils date: 1838-1870 footnotes: citations: (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 9, 1870, no. 49, sold to Dr. Malherbe) date: 1870 footnotes: citations: Dr. Malherbe date: 1870-? footnotes: *
For 305 F, according to annotated sales catalogue.
citations: Walter S. M. Burns [1872–1929], London, date: after 1870-1926 footnotes: citations: (his sale, Sotheby’s, London, May 6, 1926, no. 134) date: 1926 footnotes: citations: (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) date: after 1926-1961 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1961- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue de la collection de M. de Boisfremont fils: Dessins, croquis, études, tableaux et esquisses par Prud’hon. Paris: Hôtel Druout, 1870. page number: Mentioned: p. 21, no, 49 url: Guiffrey, Jean. L’Œuvre de P.-P. Prud’hon. Paris: Armand Colin, 1924. page number: Mentioned: p. 439, no. 1151 url: Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of [. . .] the Property of Walter S. M. Burns, Esq. London: Sotheby’s, 1926. page number: Mentioned: p. 21, no. 134 url: Jaffé, Michael. “The Figurative Arts of the West.” Apollo (December 1963): 457-67. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 467 url: Richards, Louise S. "Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Study of a Nude Woman." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 2 (February 1963): 26-28. page number: Mentioned: pp. 26-28; Reproduced: p. 27, cover url: Hawley, Henry. Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 110 url: Richards, Louise S. "Pierre Paul Prud'hon's 'Study of a Nude Woman.'" The Connoisseur 158, no. 637 (March 1965): 193-94. page number: Mentioned: pp. 193-94; Reproduced: p. 193 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 164 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n188 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 164 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n188 Slayman, James Hugus. “The Drawings of Pierre-Paul Prud’hon: A Critical Study.” PhD diss., University of Wisconsin, 1970. page number: Mentioned: pp. 137-39; Reproduced: p. 315 url: Rosenberg, Pierre. French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Exh. cat. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1972. page number: Mentioned: pp. 199-200, no. 118; Reproduced: pl. 138 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 203 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n223 Johnson, Mark M. Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980. page number: Mentioned: pp. 20-21; Reproduced: p. 19 url: Elderfield, John. The Language of the Body: Drawings by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. page number: Mentioned: pp. 75, 79, 104; Reproduced: p. 105, pl. 6 url: Laveissière, Sylvain. Le Cabinet des dessins: Prud’hon. Paris: Flammarion, 1997. page number: Mentioned: pp. 82-83 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.318/1961.318_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.318/1961.318_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.318/1961.318_full.tif