Head of a Female Figure in Profile, Turned to the Right

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Head of a Female Figure in Profile, Turned to the Right

Hughes TaravalLinkedCulture matchlcp-59ca6fae4d7b

Date
c. 1763–1770?
Medium
charcoal with red and white chalk and stumping
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
166643

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Like the sheet shown nearby by Greuze, this drawing belongs to a type of work known as an expressive head (tête d'expression). Capturing the representation of a specific emotion on the human face became a standard exercise for artists in France and was especially popular during the second half of the 1700s. In 1758, a special prize for drawing the expressive head was established at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Although we have no documentation regarding the specific emotion Taraval wanted to capture here, the work may represent admiration or adoration.

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Credit line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Provenance
Michelangelo Pacetti (Lugt 2057, lower left, in black inka); [Walter Schatzki, New York]; purchased in 1975. | a. Because a touch of red has been added over this mark, it might easily be confused with Lugt 2057 (also a "P"), which appears in red ink. However, the shape of the letter here matches the Pacetti mark, and under magnification the black ink with which it was applied becomes apparent.

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