The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 16, 2026
Architecture
1878
(French, 1840–1916)
Matted: 55.9 x 43 cm (22 x 16 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 x 26.1 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
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Although Marie Bracquemond was supported and widely respected by her colleagues in her own time, her husband’s reticence to her pursuing a career ultimately led her to limit her artistic production.Description
Marie Bracquemond was among a few women artists within the Impressionist circle. After exhibiting at the Salon from a relatively young age, she married the printmaker Félix Bracquemond and met artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas through his friendship with them. This drawing is one of several compositions related to Muses of the Arts, one of Bracquemond’s best known works, featuring personifications of various artforms—such as, here, architecture. The completed work was featured in the Exposition Universelle in 1878, while the related drawings, possibly including this one, were singled out for praise in the 1879 Impressionist group exhibition.- 1916Studio of the artist [1840–1916], Sèvres, by descent, until 19161916Pierre Bracquemond [1870–1926], Paris, probably 19161916(sold to Galerie Sagot-Le Garrec, Paris), probably 19161916–17Edmond Sagot [1857–1917], Paris, by descent, probably 1916-19171917–2023Sagot family collection, Paris, by descent, 1917-20232023(sold to Bernard Derroitte, Chicago, IL), 2023December 4, 2023–(sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), 2023-
- Gustave Geffroy, “Préface,” in Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles, dessins et eaux-fortes de Marie Bracquemond, exh. cat.(Paris: Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, 1919). Mentioned: pp. 3-4 (possibly)
- {{cite web|title=Architecture|url=false|author=Marie Bracquemond|year=1878|access-date=16 March 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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