id:			167571
accession number:	2009.309
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.309
updated:		2025-02-09 06:37:23.833000

Costume Study for Opera Singer, 1781. Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814). Watercolor and point of brush on cream laid paper; sheet: 26.1 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.309

title:				Costume Study for Opera Singer
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creation date:			1781
creation date earliest:		1781
creation date latest:		1781
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Watercolor and point of brush on cream laid paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)  - artist
Moreau was known above all as a talented illustrator of books, with the ability to capture particular mannerisms and nuances of gesture, pose, and fashion.
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measurements: Sheet: 26.1 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed and dated, lower right in black ink:  J. M. Moreau Le jeune /  1781
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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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