id: 74637 accession number: 2019.62 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.62 updated: Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), c. 1850s. Alexandre Bida (French, 1823–1895). Black chalk and graphite with stumping, watercolor, gouache, and fabricated colored chalk on medium weight wove paper; overall: 43.6 x 30.7 cm (17 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.62 title: Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1850s creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1859 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: black chalk and graphite with stumping, watercolor, gouache, and fabricated colored chalk on medium weight wove paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Alexandre Bida (French, 1823–1895) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 43.6 x 30.7 cm (17 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Watermark: Wise / 1820, vertical at lower right translation: remark: inscription: Signed, at lower right, in black chalk: “A Bida” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Shepherd Gallery. "French Nineteenth-Century Drawings-Pastels-Watercolors: November 1977-February 1978." New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1977: catalogue # 7, illustrated. --- PROVENANCE Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] date: 1977-1980 footnotes: citations: Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008] date: 1980-2008 footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 4, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Alexandre Bida was an accomplished illustrator and produced images to accompany an 1865 edition of the works of Alfred de Musset, this portrait’s sitter. digital description: This portrait is one of only a few that Alexandre Bida—known primarily for his depictions of North Africa—created during his career. It depicts the celebrated French poet and novelist Alfred de Musset (1810–1857). Bida was commissioned to create illustrations for an 1865 publication of Musset’s collected writings, and the drawing was likely completed in commemoration of that project. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Rohowsky, Peter S. French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors: Nov. 1977-Feb. 1978. New York: Shepherd Gallery Associates, 1977. page number: p. 10, ill no. 7 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.62/2019.62_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.62/2019.62_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.62/2019.62_full.tif