id:			150013
accession number:	1980.23
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.23
updated:		2023-01-19 15:21:17.941000

Madame Greuze Asleep, 1776. Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741–1814). Etching and engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1980.23

title:				Madame Greuze Asleep
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creation date:			1776
creation date earliest:		1776
creation date latest:		1776
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching and engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bocher 251

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CREATORS

* Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau (French, 1741–1814)  - artist

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state of the work:	IV/IV
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 23-July 19, 1981).

	title:		French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
	opening date:   1982-01-25T05:00:00
	<i>French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 16, 1982).

	title:		Rococo, Revolution, Restoration
	opening date:   1989-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Rococo, Revolution, Restoration</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).

	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

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Presented as an allegorical figure of philosophy, a woman slumbers among the traditional trappings of a scholar’s study: a writing desk with feather pen, piles of books, and a celestial globe. The model was Anne-Gabrielle Babuti, wife of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, who prepared the original drawing for Moreau to replicate. Contracts with printmakers show that Anne-Gabrielle actively participated in the production of her husband’s work for the print market. Although she appears mild here, Anne-Gabrielle had a reputation for being greedy and promiscuous. Greuze filed for divorce when it became legal in 1793, claiming that his wife “carried adultery to the point of shamelessness, cynicism to the point of unimaginable insolence.”
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