id:			166643
accession number:	2008.363
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.363
updated:		2023-12-08 21:51:35.652000

Head of a Female Figure in Profile, Turned to the Right, c. 1763–1770?. Hughes Taraval (French, 1729–1785). Charcoal with red and white chalk and stumping ; sheet: 37.4 x 26.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.363

title:				Head of a Female Figure in Profile, Turned to the Right
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creation date:			c. 1763–1770?
creation date earliest:		1758
creation date latest:		1775
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	charcoal with red and white chalk and stumping 
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Hughes Taraval (French, 1729–1785)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 37.4 x 26.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	light gray laid paper (possibly faded from blue), laid down on beige laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in charcoal or black chalk: Taraval; verso of secondary support, center, in brown ink: No 2; center, in graphite: 144 [circled]; lower right, in graphite: R + S / 5985; lower right, in graphite: 1240 [underlined] / hu77
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Michelangelo Pacetti (Lugt 2057, lower left, in black inka); [Walter Schatzki, New York]; purchased in 1975.
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	a. Because a touch of red has been added over this mark, it might easily be confused with Lugt 2057 (also a "P"), which appears in red ink. However, the shape of the letter here matches the Pacetti mark, and under magnification the black ink with which it was applied becomes apparent.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 11, p. 32-33
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