Portrait of Violinist Jean Vidal (1789–1867)

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Portrait of Violinist Jean Vidal (1789–1867)

Adrien Victor AugerLinkedCulture matchlcp-3e3e57d5d7aa

Date
1808
Medium
black and gray chalk, with touches of white chalk, on tan wove paper
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
171051

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This portrait is the most finished known work by Adrien Victor Auger, who broke from the idealized forms and historical subjects promoted by his teacher, Jacques-Louis David (whose work is nearby). In this drawing, Auger referenced contemporary Parisian cultural life, depicting the accomplished musician Jean Vidal as he embarked on an illustrious career in violin performance. Vidal is fashionably attired and gazes dreamily, signifying his modernity and artistic temperament. Auger rendered the violinist’s likeness with great detail and realism—including his slumping stockings and smooth shirt collar—by varying the density of repeated chalk marks and highlighting the paper’s tan tone with touches of white. Reflecting its personal significance to the sitter, this drawing stayed in the violinist’s family for generations.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
1854-?: Family of the artist, by descent | ?-?: (Galerie J. Kugel, Paris) | by 2006-2012: (Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg) | 2012-2013: (W. M. Brady & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) | 2013-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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