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Bust of a Nude Woman
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About this work
Lemoine was famous for his black chalk portraits like this example of a bust of a nude girl. Given the sitter’s individualized features, this image could represent a specific portrait; however, her identity is now lost to modern viewers. Below the portrait on the blue oval mount, the artist signed and dated the work to indicate his authorship.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBust of a Nude Woman, 1780. Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824). Black chalk and stumping; height: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2017.214
