Portrait of a Woman as Diana
1752
Jean-Marc Nattier
Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of a Woman as Diana, 1752. Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766). Oil on canvas; framed: 127.5 x 107.5 x 10 cm (50 3/16 x 42 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.); unframed: 100.4 x 79.5 cm (39 1/2 x 31 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.643 The sitter was once thought to be King Louis XV’s daughter Henriette or his mistress Madame de Pompadour. Today, her identity is unknown.
- Maker/Artist
- Nattier, Jean-Marc
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 127.5 x 107.5 x 10 cm (50 3/16 x 42 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 100.4 x 79.5 cm (39 1/2 x 31 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Nattier P.x. / 1752
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.643
- Credit Line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection, Style, Truth and the Portrait, France in the 18th Century, Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766), C.M.A, 1934: "Art of the XVII and XVIIIth centuries". <br>C.M.A., 1936: "20th Anniversary Exhibition," cat. no. 62. <br>C.M.A, 1942: "Exhibition of the John L Severance Collection", cat. no. 11, pl. VIII. <br>New York, Wildenstein &Co., Nov. 7-Dec. 15, 1951: "Jubillee Exhibition", (Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Firm's Establishment in N.Y.City.). <br>CMA, Oct. 1-Nov 10, 1963: "Style, Truth, and the Portrait", cat. no. 54, repr..<br>Royal Academy of Arts, London, January 5 to March 3, 1968, "France in the 18th Century." cat. no. 498. <br>Versailles, France: Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon (10/25/99 - 1/30/00) "Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766)" exh. cat. no. 69, pp 244-246.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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