Seated Woman with a Cat

c. 1776

Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau

(French, 1741–1814)

Culture

France, 18th century

Medium

brush and gray and black wash

Support

Brown-yellow laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper, mounted to a tertiary support of beige board faced with blue paper

Measurements

Image: 19.2 x 16 cm (7 9/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Matted: 30 x 26.8 cm (11 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.396

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Location

Not on view

Description

Moreau le jeune was an important draftsman, printmaker, and book illustrator who was championed by the celebrated French writers of the 19th century Edmond (1822-1896) and Jules (1830-1870) de Goncourt, who also owned this drawing (the collector's stamp bearing their name can be seen in the lower left corner of the sheet). The drawing may represent a relative of the 18th-century French poet Louis Gresset (1709-1777). A portrait drawing by Moreau le jeune of Gresset-now at the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame-has many similarities to this one.