id:			166684
accession number:	2008.397
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.397
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:12.424000

Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right, 1758?. Attributed to François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727–1775). Black chalk, with stumping; sheet: 29.6 x 25 cm (11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.397

title:				Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right
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creation date:			1758?
creation date earliest:		1758
creation date latest:		1758
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	black chalk, with stumping
department:	Drawings
collection:	Drawings
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727–1775)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 29.6 x 25 cm (11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
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	description:	brown-beige laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in brown ink: [févrie?] / 1758 / marie theresse / agé de pres de 11 ans / des 11 ans
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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

* {'description': 'Centennial Loan Exhibition: Drawings and Watercolors from Alumnae and Their Families, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and tour (1961), no. 64 and cover (as Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin);', 'opening_date': '1961-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'France in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London (1968), 121, no. 663 (as Louis Tocqué).', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Baderou, Paris, 1957 (according to 1979 sale cat.); Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York; [their sale, Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, New York (5-9 June 1979), no. 85, repr. (as Louis Tocqué)]; purchased in 1979.
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CITATIONS

	Vassar College. <em>Centennial Loan Exhibition; Drawings &amp; Watercolors from Alumnae and Their Families, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York [May 19-June 11, 1961</em>. 1961.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat no. 64, Reproduced: cover
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	Sutton, Denys. <em>France in the Eighteenth Century</em>. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1968.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 663, p. 121
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	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. 9, p. 28-29
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