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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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Mme. Dufresne
c. 1816
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Provenance
Publicc. 1816 - 1823
Studio of the artist
Probably 1823 - 1838
Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont [1773-1838], probably bequeathed to his daughter, Henri Power
Probably 1838 - 1864
Probably Henri Power [d. 1864], probably to Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont fils
Probably 1864 - 1870
Probably Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont fils
1870
(Boisfremont fils sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 9, 1870, no. 8, sold to Monsieur de Norzy)
1870 - by 1874
Monsieur de Norzy
By 1874
M. Jeanne-Deslandes
Source provenance text
Studio of the artist Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont [1773-1838], probably bequeathed to his daughter, Henri Power Probably Henri Power [d. 1864], probably to Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont fils Probably Charles Boulanger de Boisfremont fils (Boisfremont fils sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 9, 1870, no. 8, sold to Monsieur de Norzy) Monsieur de Norzy M. Jeanne-Deslandes (Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 24, 1886, no. 52) Collection Henri Rochefort [1831-1913], Paris Paul-Arthur Chéramy [1840-1912], Paris (Chéramy sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 5-7, 1908, no. 95, bought in) Probably Paul-Arthur Chéramy [1840-1912], Paris (Chéramy estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 14-16, 1913, no. 391, sold to Jacob) Jacob David David-Weill [1871-1952], Paris Irwin Laughlin [1871-1941], Washington, D.C. (Laughlin sale, Sotheby's, London, June 10, 1959, lot 123, possibly sold to Betts on behalf of Clifford Duits) Severance A. [1895-1989] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990). Pierre Paul Prud'hon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-June 8, 1998). Paris, École des Beaux-Arts. Exposition des oeuvres de Prud'hon (1874), no. 11, Portrait de Mme Dufresne, femme d'un marchand de tableaux, appartient à M. Jeanne-Deslandes. Paris, École des Beaux-Arts. Exposition de tableaux de maîtres anciens au profit des inondés du Midi (1887), no. 119, Portrait de jeune femme, appartient à Henri Rochefort. Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts. Exposition P.-P. Prud'hon (1922), no. 65, Portrait de Mme Dufresne, collection de David Weill. New York, Wildenstein & Co. David-Weill Pictures (1937), no. 44, Mme Dufrene [sic]. CMA. Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection (1990), no. 220. Paris, Grand Palais; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prud'hon ou le rêve du bonheur (1997-98), 281-83 (repr.). Text by Sylvain Laveissière (French and English eds.)
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Sourced Overview Evidence
The artist made this sketch in preparation for a full-length portrait of Madame Dufresne that is now lost. Prud'hon showed the sitter—probably the wife of an art dealer—in a landscape where she is seated in a relaxed pose with her legs crossed. According to an early auction record, the composition is based upon one of several sketches Prud'hon made for a portrait of Empress Josephine (1763–1814). The empress probably rejected the pose as too casual. Prud'hon's portraits show his skill in capturing emotions, especially melancholy. This is true of the Cleveland portrait; despite its rough surface, we sense the sitter's gentle demeanor and slightly wistful expression. In 1789 Prud'hon was awarded the Prix de Rome, a scholarship that allowed especially gifted French art students the chance to study in Rome. While in Italy, Prud'hon was deeply influenced not only by ancient Roman art but also by the lively, international Neoclassical movement that was centered there. After his return to France, the artist became very popular with Napoleon, painting portraits of the emperor and his entourage and acting as Empress Josephine's drawing instructor.
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Evidence state
0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 19 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.
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