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Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)

Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)

c. 1771
(French, 1736–1793)
(French, 1703–1770)
France, 18th century
color chalk-manner etching and engraving
Image: 41.5 x 35.7 cm (16 5/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1996.6
Catalogue raisonné: Hérold 59
Location: not on view

Description

To produce this print, Bonnet used three different printing plates to layer black ink, then semitransparent blue ink, and finally a thicker red pigment onto white paper. After the first run through the press, Bonnet had to carefully align each subsequent plate to achieve the desired coloration. Although the identity of this young woman is unknown, she may be Boucher’s daughter, Jean-Elisabeth Victoire, who married Jean-Baptiste Henri Deshays, a pupil of Boucher.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 353
  • Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
    Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).
  • {{cite web|title=Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)|url=false|author=Louis-Marin Bonnet, François Boucher|year=c. 1771|access-date=11 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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