Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Woman with a Cat

Jean-Michel the Younger Moreau

Date

c. 1776

Medium

brush and gray and black wash

Culture

France, 18th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Moreau le jeune was an important draftsman, printmaker, and book illustrator who was championed by the celebrated French writers of the 19th century Edmond (1822-1896) and Jules (1830-1870) de Goncourt, who also owned this drawing (the collector's stamp bearing their name can be seen in the lower left corner of the sheet). The drawing may represent a relative of the 18th-century French poet Louis Gresset (1709-1777). A portrait drawing by Moreau le jeune of Gresset-now at the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame-has many similarities to this one.

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