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Bust of a Nude Woman

1780

Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine

(French, 1751–1824)
Culture
France
Medium
Black chalk and stumping
Support
; secondary support; tertiary support
Measurements
height: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2017.214
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

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.
A vertically oriented black chalk and stumping drawing depicts a nude woman with light skin tone from the chest up. Centered in an oval frame, soft stumping shades her face and torso as her head tilts toward our left. Her eyes look toward us and hair wraps in a bun with a light band. A blue-gray rectangular border with triangular designs surrounds the frame. An inscription at the bottom reads Lemoine 1780.

Bust of a Nude Woman

1780

Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine

(French, 1751–1824)
France

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