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Madame Charpentier
Portrait bust of a Woman Artist
Madame Charpentier
Joseph Chinard (1756–1813)
French (Lyon)
about 1810
Medium/Technique
Molded plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)
Other (self-base): 7.9 x 7.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Other (self-base): 7.9 x 7.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2208
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionA young woman is portrayed to the waist with her head turned to her right and her arms crossed under her breasts. In her right hand she holds a paint brush. On the front of the self-base a palette with brushes is depicted. She wears a thin garment with a square neckline and short sleeves that is banded at the edge of the neck and sleeves with a patterned ribbon. Her short hair is arranged in loose curls that fall over her forehead and temples.
Signed
Signed on front edge of self-base: chinard de'l.
ProvenanceBy 1909, José Pinto Leite (b. 1871 - d. 1956), 2nd Conde de Penha Longa [see note 1]; December 2, 1911, Penha Longa sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 29. Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Paris, New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "Exposition d'Oeuvres du Sculpteur Chinard de Lyon" (Paris, Palais du Louvre, 1909), cat. no. 76.
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "Exposition d'Oeuvres du Sculpteur Chinard de Lyon" (Paris, Palais du Louvre, 1909), cat. no. 76.
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