id: 166892 accession number: 2009.136 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.136 updated: 2022-01-04 17:45:06.529000 Portrait of a Woman, c. 1889-1899. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Emile Béranger (French, 1814-1883). Pastel; sheet: 68.9 x 50.2 cm (27 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.136 title: Portrait of a Woman title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1889-1899 creation date earliest: 1889 creation date latest: 1999 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: pastel department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Emile Béranger (French, 1814-1883) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 68.9 x 50.2 cm (27 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: blue wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: inscribed in orange pastel, center left: "Em. Béranger./ 1851" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2016-11-19T05:00:00 Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Estate of Muriel Butkin date: 2008 footnotes: citations: Estate of Muriel Butkin date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Béranger is known as an academic painter of genre subjects. This pastel study of a young woman with downcast eyes conveys a sense of vitality and immediacy lacking in his more highly finished works in oil. While the graceful features of her face are articulated with tender detail, the flowers adorning her hair are summarily indicated with a handful of rapid strokes, and her bodice is barely suggested. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.136/2009.136_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.136/2009.136_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.136/2009.136_full.tif