id:			171051
accession number:	2013.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.47
updated:		2024-04-17 11:08:32.923000

Portrait of Violinist Jean Vidal (1789–1867), 1808. Adrien Victor Auger (French, 1787–1854). Black and gray chalk, with touches of white chalk, on tan wove paper; image: 75.4 x 54.1 cm (29 11/16 x 21 5/16 in.); sheet with border: 91.5 x 64.4 cm (36 x 25 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2013.47

title:				Portrait of Violinist Jean Vidal (1789–1867)
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creation date:			1808
creation date earliest:		1808
creation date latest:		1808
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	black and gray chalk, with touches of white chalk, on tan wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Adrien Victor Auger (French, 1787–1854)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 75.4 x 54.1 cm (29 11/16 x 21 5/16 in.); Sheet with border: 91.5 x 64.4 cm (36 x 25 3/8 in.)
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	description:	wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, bottom left, in pen and brown ink: Victor Auger, Elève de David, fecit; bottom right, in pen and brown ink: anno 1808; watermark, upper left: WHATMAN / 1801
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

	title:		Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2023-01-20T05:00:00
	<i>Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Master Drawings: 1530–1920</em>. W. M. Brady &amp; Co., New York (January 24–February 3, 2012).', 'opening_date': '2012-02-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Family of the artist, by descent
	date: 1854-?
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	(Galerie J. Kugel, Paris)
	date: ?-?
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	(Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg)
	date: by 2006-2012
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	(W. M. Brady & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: 2012-2013
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Master Drawings: 1530–1920</em>. New York: W. M. Brady &amp; Co., 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: no. 28
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.47/2013.47_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.47/2013.47_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.47/2013.47_full.tif