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French Master Drawings

Collecting French Drawings in Cleveland

The Exhibition


Checklist of the Exhibition

1. Michel Dorigny (Saint-Quentin, 1617-Paris, 1665). Studies of Angels , about 1655-60. Black chalk heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper; 200 x 257 mm

2. Jean Berain the Elder (Saint-Mihiel, Lorraine, 1640-Paris, 1711). Design for the Divertissement from "La Pastorale" (first entrée of the opera-ballet Les Muses by Danchet and Campra), 1703. Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash with red, blue, and yellow wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper; 351 x 463 mm

3. Louis de Boullogne (Paris 1654-1733). Two Male Nudes, 1710. Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on gray laid paper; 584 x 419 mm

4. Bernard Picart (Paris, 1673-Amsterdam, 1733). Althaea Putting the Fatal Log on the Fire, 1712. Red chalk, incised for transfer, on beige laid paper; 294 x 275 mm

5. Antoine Coypel (Paris, 1661-1722). Head of a Young Man, probably 1715-17. Red, black, and white chalk with stumping on gray-brown laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper; 251 x 189 mm

6. Charles Coypel (Paris, 1694-1752). Trissotin Reading to Philaminte, Bélise, and Armande (from act 3, scene 2 of Molière's Les Femmes Savantes), probably about 1725-26.
Graphite, graphite wash, and red chalk on cream laid paper; 217 x 306 mm

7. Jacques-François Blondel (Rouen, 1705-Paris, 1774). Cross Section of the Hôtel de Ville Seen in Perspective Showing the Decoration and Illumination of the Courtyard and Rooms Created on the Occasion of the Ball Given the Night of August 30 and 31, 1739, 1739-40. Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, and watercolor, with gouache, over graphite, on two sheets of beige laid paper, laid down on multi-ply paperboard, overmounted with decorative border; 429 x 695 mm, 539 x 896 mm (secondary support)

8. François Boucher (Paris, 1703-1770). Male Academy with Wings, about 1745-50. Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper; 301 x 371 mm

9. Attributed to François-Hubert Drouais (Paris, 1727-1775). Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right, 1758. Black chalk with stumping on brown-beige laid paper; 296 x 250 mm

10. Hubert Robert (Paris, 1733-1808). A Palace with an Arched Bridge, 1760. Pen and brown and gray ink, graphite, and watercolor on beige laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper; 309 x 278 mm

11. Hughes Taraval (Paris, 1729-1785). Head of a Female Figure in Profile, Turned to the Right, about 1763-70. Charcoal or black chalk with red and white chalk and stumping on light gray laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper (possibly faded from blue), framing lines in brown ink; 374 x 262 mm

12. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Tournus, 1725-Paris, 1805). Head of a Young Woman, about 1785. Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, framing lines in brown ink; 410 x 315 mm

13. Louis Roland Trinquesse (Paris about 1746-about 1800). The Invited One 1775. Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper; 360 x 245 mm

14. Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Metz, 1734-Saint-Denis-du-Port, Seine-et-Marne, 1781). The Moscow Tavern (Le Cabaret de Moskou), about 1773. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash on beige laid paper, laid down on multi-ply board overmounted with decorative borders, framing lines in brown ink; 195 x 242 mm (visible area of sheet)

15. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre (Paris, 1713-1789). Boreas Abducting Oreithyia, about 1755-60. Red chalk on beige laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper; 225 x 409 mm

16. Jean-Michel Moreau, Le Jeune (Paris, 1741-1814). Portrait of a Seated Woman with a Cat, about 1776. Brush and gray wash on brown-yellow laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper, mounted to a tertiary support of beige board faced with blue paper; 186 x 158 mm (area of sheet visible through overmat); 275 x 235 mm (tertiary support)

17. Jacques-Louis David (Paris, 1748-Brussels, 1825). Study after the Sabine Statue from the Villa Medici, about 1775-80. Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash on cream laid paper; 214 x 148 mm

18. Louis Carrogis, (Paris, 1717-1806). Madame Millin du Perreux and Her Son, with a Painted Portrait of Monsieur Jérôme-Robert Millin du Perreux, about 1760. Red chalk, black chalk and watercolor, heightened with white chalk or paint, on cream laid paper, laid down on beige laid paper; 315 x 201 mm

19. Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger (Paris, 1715-1790). Half-Length Portrait of a Seated Woman, 1781. Black chalk on beige laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper; 165 x 114 mm, 253 x 202 mm (secondary support)

20. Henri-Pierre Danloux (Paris, 1753-1809). Woman in Profile, Turned to the Left, 1784. Charcoal with stumping on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper and overmounted with a period French mount; 237 x 207 mm, 309 x 289 mm (secondary support)

21. Antoine-Denis Chaudet (Paris, 1763-1810). Aristomenes Mourning the Death of Socrates from the Bewitchment of Meroë (from Book 1 of Apuleius, The Golden Ass), 1795. Brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite on light gray wove paper; 279 x 213 mm

22. Jean-Baptiste Augustin (Saint-Die, Vosges, 1759-Paris 1832).
Portrait of a Man, 1800. Black crayon with stumping heightened with white paint, on light brown-yellow wove paper, laid down on white wove paper; 221 x 175 mm (sheet), 203 x 160 mm (image)

23. Anonymous (French, 19th century). Hannibal Swearing Eternal Enmity toward Rome, about 1808. Pen and black and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, and white paint over graphite, on three sheets of gray-green laid paper (faded from blue) laid down on multi-ply paper board; 344 x 429 mm

24. Anne-Louis Girodet (Montargis, Loiret, 1767-Paris 1824) Study for "The Revolt of Cairo," about 1810. Pen and brown ink, with framing lines in brown ink, on tracing paper (discolored overall), laid down on cream laid paper; 281 x 430 mm (irregular), 298 x 444 mm (secondary support)

25. Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri (Saint-Cloud, 1782-Saint-Chéron, 1868). Decoration Executed for the Birthday of His Majesty the King of Westphalia, 1811. Watercolor and gouache over graphite, on cream wove paper, hinged to decorative multi-ply face mount; 320 x 423 mm, 440 x 532 mm (secondary support)

26. Theodore Géricault (Rouen,1791-Paris, 1824). Man Clutching a Horse in Water, after Poussin's "Deluge," about 1816. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite on beige laid paper; 180 x 262 mm

27. Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée, near Lille, 1761-Paris, 1845). Two Standing Figures (Study for "A Game of Billiards"), about 1807. Black chalk with gray and brown-black chalk, with stumping, framing lines in brown-black chalk, on brown (wove?) paper possibly discolored from blue laid down on beige paper; 312 x 266 mm, 312 x 273 mm with extensions

28. Carle Vernet (Bordeaux, 1758-Paris, 1836). Saddled Arabian Horse in Courtyard, 1820. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, with gray wash, over black chalk or crayon, heightened with white gouache and white chalk, on brown wove paper, perimeter mounted to cardboard, with decorative overmat (19th century?), 158 x 242 mm (visible area of sheet), 223 x 307 mm (mount)

29. Paul Delaroche (Paris, 1797-1856). Jane Jarvis, 1830-1831. Pastel, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper (discolored to light brown), perimeter mounted to cardboard; 462 x 343 mm

30. J.-J. Grandville (Nancy, 1803-Vanves, 1847). An Insect Ball, 1835. Pen and black ink with watercolor on beige wove paper; 125 x 213 mm

31. Paul Delaroche (Paris, 1797-1856). The Members of the Academy of Beaux-Arts Assembled to Jury the Rome Prize, 1841 or 1842. Pen and brown ink on cream modern laid paper, laid down on beige wove paper; 164 x 292 mm, 284 x 429 mm (secondary support)

32. Hippolyte Flandrin (Lyon, 1809-Rome, 1864). Two Standing Figures (Study for the Left Section of "The Mission of the Apostles"), c. 1860. Graphite, squared in graphite, on light gray laid paper; 302 x 236 mm

33. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (Paris, 1803-Fontainebleau, 1860). Carcasses, 1840-60. Watercolor and gouache on beige wove paper; 246 x 179 mm

34. Alexandre Bida (Toulouse, 1823-Bühl, Germany, 1895). Café in Constantinople, 1847. Brush and black and gray ink, graphite, and stylus on white wove paper coated with a white ground; 407 x 292 mm (sheet), 382 x 259 mm (image)

35. Jean-François Millet (Gruchy, near Gréville, 1814-Barbizon, 1875). Liberty, probably 1848. Black chalk and pastel on gray modern laid paper; 472 x 317 mm

36. Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (Paris, 1813-Douarnenez, 1875). Young Man Leaning Forward with Outstretched Arms (Study for "Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor"), about 1851. Oil, brown oil or ink wash, and black crayon on light brown wove paper lined with cream Japanese paper; 349 x 279 mm

37. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804-1866). Head of a Young Man (Study for "L'Oiseau de passage"), 1853. Graphite and red chalk with stylus on beige wove paper coated with a light gray ground, mounted along right edge to multi-ply board; 236 x 166 mm

38. Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834-1917). Four Studies of the Head of a Young Italian Woman, 1856. Graphite on gray wove paper; 462 x 307 mm

39. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804-1866). The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain (Banlieue. Nourrisseur et Capitaine), probably 1859/60. Watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) and brown ink over graphite, heightened with white gouache, on cream wove paper discolored to beige; 294 x 210 mm, 380 x 294 mm (secondary support)

40. Anonymous (French, 19th century). Portrait of a Young Man, about 1865-75. Charcoal with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on coarse brown wove paper; 366 x 279 mm (irregular)

41. Narcisse Diaz (Bordeaux, 1807-Menton 1876). Landscape, about 1860. Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink and graphite on cream wove paper; 150 x 228 mm

42. François Bonvin (Vaugirard [Paris], 1817-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1887). A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting, 1862. Gouache and watercolor on cream laid paper; 213 x 172 mm

43. François-Louis Français (Plombières-les-Bains, Vosges, 1814-Paris, 1897). View of the Château of Pierrefonds, about 1870. Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, and graphite, heightened with white gouache, on green-beige laid paper; 422 x 562 (irregular)

44. Paul Flandrin (Lyon, 1811-Paris, 1902). Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot ), 1869. Graphite heightened with white chalk or gouache on cream wove paper; 366 x 286 mm

45. Camille Corot (Paris, 1796-1875). Landscape (The Large Tree), about 1865-70. Charcoal with stumping and wet brushwork on light brown wove paper; 242 x 419 mm

46. Paul Baudry (La Roche-sur-Yon, 1828-1886). Study of Apollo for "Marsyas," late 1860s. Pen and brown ink on cream wove paper; 267 x 206 mm

47. Gustave Doré (Strasbourg, 1832-Paris 1883). Liberty, about 1865-75. Brown wash and gray and white gouache with graphite on beige wove paper; 465 x 329 mm

48. Rosa Bonheur (Bordeaux, 1822-Thomery, near Fontainebleau, 1899). Return from the Horse Fair, 1873. Watercolor and gouache over graphite on beige wove paper, laid down on cardboard; 259 x 567 mm

49. Charles-François Daubigny (Paris, 1817-1878). The Oak Tree and the Reed, about 1873. Blue and black wash on cream wove paper; 293 x 230 mm

50. Léon Lhermitte (Mont Saint-Père, Aisne, 1844-Paris 1925). The Apple Market at Landerneau, 1878. Pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk on beige wove paper; 266 x 377 mm (image), 272 x 389 mm (sheet)

51. Jean Béraud (St. Petersburg, 1849-Paris, 1935?). about 1885-95. Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite on beige wove paper, laid down on cardboard; 360 x 517 mm

52. Jean-Paul Laurens (Fourquevaux, Haute-Garonne, 1838-Paris, 1921). A Funeral (possibly the funeral of Saint Francis Borgia), about mid-1870s-early 1880s. Charcoal and brush and black and brown ink, with stumping and scratching away, on beige wove paper; 401 x 290 mm

53. Auguste Rodin (Paris, 1840-Meudon, 1917). The Genius of the Sculptor, about 1880-83. Pen and brown ink on lightweight, translucent beige wove paper discolored to yellow-brown; 263 x 189 mm

54. Alphonse Legros (Dijon, 1837-Watford, England, 1911). Head of a Man, 1886. Metal point on white clay-coated board, laid down on cardboard, overmatted with cardboard mount; 315 x 230 mm (visible area of sheet)

55. Henri-Joseph Harpignies (Valenciennes, 1819-Saint-Privé, 1916). Dawn-Hunter with Dog, 1882. Watercolor on beige wove paper, laid down on cardboard; 376 x 535 mm

56. Luc-Olivier Merson (Paris, 1846-1920). Notre-Dame de Paris, about 1881. Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, black and white gouache, and graphite on light brown wove paper (a multi-ply board); 326 x 217 mm

57. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (Lyon, 1824-Paris, 1898). Study for the Mother in "The Fisherman's Family," about 1875. Black and white chalk with stumping, squared in black chalk, on blue wove paper (faded to green), laid down on blue modern laid paper; 466 x 328 mm

58. Ernest Meissonier (Lyon, 1815-1891). Joan of Arc, about 1889. Graphite, red chalk, colored washes, and black and white gouache on blue wove paper (faded in image area to gray-green), laid down on light brown wove paper; 188 x 303 mm

59. Luc-Olivier Merson (Paris, 1846-1920). Head of a Boy Singing, Study for "Music," about 1898. Black, white, and red chalk with stumping, pricked for transfer, on light brown wove paper; 296 x 271 mm