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Profile Portrait of a Man
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About this work
This portrait bust is a counterproof: the reverse image of a composition, made by placing blank paper on top of a drawing and transferring the design with pressure. Eighteenth-century artists frequently made counterproofs of their drawings to replicate their work. This process also enabled them to experience how their images would appear if they were reproduced as prints.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineProfile Portrait of a Man, 18th century. Attributed to Louis Rolland Trinquesse (French, c. 1746–c. 1800). Black chalk counterproof; sheet: 20.3 x 17.5 cm (8 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.41
