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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.51", "current_location": null, "title": "Portrait of a Man, said to be the Sculptor Clodion (1738\u20131814)", "creation_date": "late 1700s", "creation_date_earliest": 1775, "creation_date_latest": 1799, "artists_tags": [ "gender unknown" ], "culture": [ "France" ], "technique": "Black chalk with stumping and red and blue chalks; frame details in pen and brown ink and blue washes", "support_materials": [], "department": "Drawings", "collection": "DR - French", "type": "Drawing", "measurements": "Diameter: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); height: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.)", "dimensions": { "height": { "height": 0.139, "height_inch": 5, "height_inch_fraction": 0.5 }, "diameter": { "width": 0.137, "width_inch": 5, "width_inch_fraction": 0.375 }, "overall": { "height": 0.255, "height_inch": 10, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0625, "width": 0.213, "width_inch": 8, "width_inch_fraction": 0.375 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [ { "inscription": "lower center, in brown ink: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "verso of second sheet of laid paper: upper left, in graphite: 2", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "Watermark: upper center of second sheet: crowned armorial over D&C Blauw (partial)", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "verso of original backing: faded brown label, printed with hand written black ink notations: VENTE 6 MARS 1898 SAINT AUBIN / (GABRIEL DE) / 97.\u2014 Portrait presume de Claude-Michel, dit Clo- / dion, c\u00e9l\u00e8bre sculpteur n\u00e9 a Nancy / Buste un m\u00e9daillon, de profile a gauche. Costume / \u00e0 jabot, perruque nou\u00e9e derri\u00e8re par un ruban / Superbe dessin \u00e0 la pierre noire rehauss\u00e9 de blanc et / tr\u00e8s l\u00e9g\u00e8rement relev\u00e9 d\u2019aquarelle. / Cadre ancien Louis XVI, en bois sculpture et dor\u00e9 / M\u00e9dallion rond diam 14 / Dacier No 290; yellow label with engraved designs: MARIUS PAULUME / Estamper, Dessins, Miniatures / TABLEAUX / Curiosities & Objets d\u2019Arts / Encadrements / 10. Rue Chauchat. 10 / PARIS / Anciennement 13 Rue Royale", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This portrait is presumed to represent the French sculptor Clodion (1738-1814). He is depicted as a nobleman, wearing a suit with a ruffled collar and a wig tied with a ribbon. The medallion format and use of color in this drawing recall painted portrait miniatures, an art form that reached the height of its popularity in the 18th century.", "external_resources": { "wikidata": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79471836" ], "internet_archive": [ "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2018.51-portrait-of-a-man-sa" ] }, "citations": [ { "citation": "Dacier, Emile. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, peintre, dessinateur et graveur, 1724-1780. Paris: G. van Oest, 1929.", "page_number": "vol. 2, p. 50, entry #290", "url": null }, { "citation": "Weill and Henriot, Collection David Weill, vol. 3, pt. 2", "page_number": "p. 407, ill. p. 408", "url": null }, { "citation": "Dacier, Emile. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, peintre, dessinateur et graveur, 1724-1780. Paris: G. van Oest, 1929.", "page_number": "vol. 2, p. 50, entry #290", "url": null } ], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.51", "images": { "annotation": null, "web": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.51/2018.51_web.jpg", "width": "750", "height": "900", "filesize": "245740", "filename": "2018.51_web.jpg" }, "print": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.51/2018.51_print.jpg", "width": "2832", "height": "3400", "filesize": "2539584", "filename": "2018.51_print.jpg" }, "full": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.51/2018.51_full.tif", "width": "4391", "height": "5271", "filesize": "69465372", "filename": "2018.51_full.tif" } }, "alternate_images": [ { "web": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.51/2018.51_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "769", "height": "900", "filesize": "123663" }, "print": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.51/2018.51_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "2905", "height": "3400", "filesize": "1685427" }, "full": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.51/2018.51_alt0_full.tif", "width": "5464", "height": "6396", "filesize": "104869556" }, "date_created": "2019-02-22T11:46:26", "annotation": "" } ], "creditline": "Bequest of Muriel Butkin", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 84851, "creators": [ { "id": 1160, "description": "Unknown", "extent": null, "qualifier": null, "role": "artist", "biography": null, "name_in_original_language": null, "use_in_caption": true, "include_extent": false, "weight": 1 } ], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "2018-06-04T00:00:00-04:00", "sortable_date": 1775, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "late 1700s", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": [], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-05-29 04:58:15.546000" } }