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Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

1800
(French, 1759–1832)
France, late 18th-early 19th Century
Black chalk with stumping heightened with white gouache on light brown wove paper
Sheet: 22.1 x 17.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Image: 20.3 x 16 cm (8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.406
Location: not on view

Description

Although the size of this carefully worked crayon drawing is modest, it is actually much larger than a typical work by Jean-Baptiste Augustin. As a leading painter of ivory portrait miniatures in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Augustin stood out because of the precision and naturalism of his style. Although the sitter in this drawing is no longer known, Augustin's naturalistic technique and the sitter's slight, easy smile encourage a familiar connection with the viewer.
  • Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. exh. cat. no. 22, pp. 54-55; repr. p. 55
    Gorchkoff, Dimitri. "Uniforme des Commissaires des Guerres du Consultat, a l'example d'un Portriat peint par Louis Gauffier." Le Briquet. bulletin de l'Amicale des collectionneurs de figurines historiques du Centre-Loire, no. 3 (2019) 13-23.
     Mentioned: p. 9 -10, note 9; Reproduced: p.l 20
  • Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
    French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Man|url=false|author=Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin|year=1800|access-date=17 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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