Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Baptiste Defernex

Date

1759

Medium

terracotta

Culture

France, 18th century

Department

European Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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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