The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Head of a Woman in Profile (George Sand)
1833
(French, 1788–1856)
Sheet: 20.6 x 15.8 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
David d'Angers aimed to create a series of portraits in sculpture that would capture all of the outstanding men and women of his time. This drawing relates to a medallion portrait of the writer George Sand, the pseudonym adopted by a woman named Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin so that she could publish her work. David d'Angers captured his sitter's independence sympathetically, as she stares forward and upward, as if seen in thought.- ?-2000(Galerie Chantal Kiener, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)2000-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” June 19, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 3 archive.org
- David d'Angers (1788-1856): Making the Modern Monument. Frick Collection, New York, NY (organizer) (September 17-December 8, 2013).
- {{cite web|title=Head of a Woman in Profile (George Sand)|url=false|author=Pierre-Jean David d'Angers|year=1833|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2000.40