Sweet Melancholy
1756
Joseph-Marie Vien
Joseph-Marie Vien (French, 1716–1809)
European Painting and Sculpture
Sweet Melancholy, 1756. Joseph-Marie Vien (French, 1716–1809). Oil on canvas; framed: 86.4 x 76.2 x 6.5 cm (34 x 30 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 68 x 55 cm (26 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1996.1 Look closely—three strands of pearls appear in this painting.
- Maker/Artist
- Vien, Joseph-Marie, the elder
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 86.4 x 76.2 x 6.5 cm (34 x 30 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 68 x 55 cm (26 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: "jos. m. vien / 1756"
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1996.1
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- More Light. Europe Around 1770. Art and Enlightenment, A Voluptuous Taste: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour, Exhibited at the Salon of 1757. no. 31
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 216B French and German
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