id:			171051
accession number:	2013.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.47
updated:		2023-04-22 12:24:43.723000

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
current location:		101B Prints & Drawings
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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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

* <em>Master Drawings: 1530–1920</em>. W. M. Brady &amp; Co., New York (January 24–February 3, 2012).

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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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fun fact:
Reflecting its personal significance to the sitter, this drawing stayed in the violinist’s family for generations.

digital description:


wall description:
This portrait is the most finished known work by Adrien Victor Auger, who broke from the idealized forms and historical subjects promoted by his teacher, Jacques-Louis David (whose work is nearby). In this drawing, Auger referenced contemporary Parisian cultural life, depicting the accomplished musician Jean Vidal as he embarked on an illustrious career in violin performance. Vidal is fashionably attired and gazes dreamily, signifying his modernity and artistic temperament. Auger rendered the violinist’s likeness with great detail and realism—including his slumping stockings and smooth shirt collar—by varying the density of repeated chalk marks and highlighting the paper’s tan tone with touches of white.
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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
	url:		

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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