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Portrait of the Artist's Daughter

Portrait of the Artist's Daughter

c. 1810
(French, 1752–1817)
France, 19th century
black chalk on tan wove paper
Sheet: 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.65
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Martin Drölling’s daughter, this portrait’s sitter, went on to become an artist herself, painting under the name Madame Joubert.

Description

Martin Drölling was an accomplished portraitist, known for intimate depictions that revealed their sitters’ personalities. This drawing shows his daughter, Louise Adéone (1797–before 1831) wearing a fashionable dress and hat. The young woman meets the artist’s gaze directly and confidently, her features delineated by a combination of smooth lines and soft shading in charcoal.
  • February 1998
    Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, Germany
    Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980]
    1998-2005
    Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008]
    March 4, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of the Artist's Daughter|url=false|author=Martin Drölling|year=c. 1810|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.65