id:			457341
accession number:	2022.40
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Le Dévouement des Citoyennes de Paris (The Dedication of the Citizens of Paris), 1794. Joseph-Benoît Suvée (French, 1743–1807). Oil on canvas; overall: 49.9 x 61.3 cm (19 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2022.40

title:				Le Dévouement des Citoyennes de Paris (The Dedication of the Citizens of Paris)
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creation date:			1794
creation date earliest:		1794
creation date latest:		1974
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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technique:	Oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Flemish
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Joseph-Benoît Suvée (French, 1743–1807)  - artist
French painter and draftsman of Belgian birth, 1743-1807
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measurements: Overall: 49.9 x 61.3 cm (19 5/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	DECLARATION DES DROITS/DE L’HOMME ET DU CITOIEN/ARTICLE
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Le Jury des Arts au Concours de l’an II pour les Travaux d’encouragement, </em>Paris, France (April-May, 1794).', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '<em>Pictures and Oil Sketches, 1775-1920</em>, W.M. Brady &amp; Co., New York, NY (30 November - 20 December 2005).', 'opening_date': '2005-11-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Paris, France
	date: -2004
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	(Sale: Paris, France, Hôtel Drouot, Beaussant Lefèvre, 3 December 2004, lot 59, as Joseph-Marie Vien)
	date: December 3, 2004
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	W. M. Brady & Co., New York, NY, sold private collectors, New York, NY
	date: 2004-2005
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	Mark Brady, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2021-2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Olander, William.<em> Pour Transmettre À La Postérité: French Painting and Revolution, 1774-1795.</em> 1983.
	page number: 	p. 469
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	Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), and Council of Europe.<em> La Révolution française et l'Europe 1789-1799: XXe exposition du conseil de l'Europe : Galeries nationales du grand Palais, Paris, 16 mars-26 juin 1989</em>. Paris: Ministère de la Culture de la Communication des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1989.
	page number: 	p. 838, Vol. III, Chapter XXX
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	Tajan (Firm). <em>Félix Tournachon dit Nadar (1820-1910) et son panthéon, importante collection de 273 dessins: portraits et portraits-charge. </em>Paris: Tajan, 2004.
	page number: 	lot 59
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	W.M. Brady &amp; Co. <em>Pictures &amp; Oil Sketches, 1775-1920. </em>New York, NY: W.M. Brady &amp; Co, 2005.
	page number: 	cat. no. 3
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	Join-Lambert, Sophie, Anne Leclair, Denis Coekelberghs, Dominique Marechal, and Joseph Benoît Suvée. <em>Joseph-Benoît Suvée, 1743-1807: un artiste entre Bruges, Rome et Paris.</em> 2017.
	page number: 	pp. 151, 177
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IMAGES

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