Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Woman as Diana
Jean-Marc NattierLinkedCulture matchlcp-3a2ebb6be2ba
- Date
- 1752
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 122347
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
For many years, this sitter was identified as Madame de Pompadour, but she bears little resemblance to this pivotal figure in French art and politics of the mid 1700s. Nattier specialized in portraits of women in mythological guises—in this case, the bow, quiver, and leopard skin, all attributes of Diana, goddess of the hunt. The sitter was once thought to be King Louis XV’s daughter Henriette or his mistress Madame de Pompadour. Today, her identity is unknown.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Provenance
- Before 1860: Comte de Pimodan (probably Georges Pimodan [1822-1860]), Paris | Possibly until 19130: Madame Dhainaut | By 1930: (Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY, sold to John L. Severance) | 1930-1936: John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, upon his death, held in trust by the estate | 1936-1942: Estate of John L. Severance, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1942-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Bequest of John L. Severance
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