Portrait of a Woman

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Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Baptiste DefernexLinkedCulture matchlcp-803820b3c50b

Date
1759
Medium
terracotta
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
154513

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The precise rendering of the costume and the unique facial features of the woman indicate this work is a true portrait, although the sitter has yet to be identified. Art historians describe Defernex's portrait busts as "honest, unidealized, [and] quite free from gallant flattery."

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Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
Provenance
-1965: Galerie de Bayser & Strolin (Paris, France), sold to Severance and Greta Millikin | 1965-1985: Severance Millikin (1895-1985) and Greta Millikin (1903-1989), upon his death, retained by Greta Millikin | 1985-1988: Greta Millikin (1903-1989), upon her death, held in trust by the estate. | 1989: Estate of Greta Millikin, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art. | 1989-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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