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Sophie Crouzet

c. 1801
(French, 1777–1860)
France, late 18th-early 19th century
oil on fabric
Framed: 101 x 85.5 x 12.5 cm (39 3/4 x 33 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Unframed: 81.2 x 65 cm (31 15/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1943.659
Location: 202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts
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Sophie Crouzet, the sitter in this portrait, is a first cousin of the artist.

Description

The sitter's dress deliberately evokes ancient Roman costume. However, the white muslin and straightforward cut also derives from earlier English fashions that favored simplicity in contrast to the elaborate, colorful clothing favored earlier in the 1700s. The transparency of her dress also carries political and cultural meaning: during the French Revolution in 1789, costume began to signify political allegiance, a sign of the character of the person who wore it. For women, transparency became increasingly literal, as in the sheer fabric worn by Crouzet, who came from a family of active revolutionaries.
Sophie Crouzet

Sophie Crouzet

c. 1801

Louis Hersent

(French, 1777–1860)
France, late 18th-early 19th century

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