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A Lady

1810

Joseph Chinard

Associated Names

Joseph Chinard

Artist, French, 1756 - 1813

The sculpture is a bust of a woman, capturing her from the chest up. The woman has an intricately detailed hairstyle, with her hair pulled back and curls framing her face. The bust features an off-the-shoulder fabric garment that drapes across her shoulders, fastened with a button on each shoulder. The material of the sculpture appears to be a brown-toned bronze or terracotta with a textured finish. The sculpture rests on a square base with an inscription at the front. The woman's expression is calm and serene, and her gaze is slightly directed to her right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

terracotta
Credit Line

Gift of Daniel Wildenstein, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 60.7 x 40.4 x 30 cm (23 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.128.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, London; acquired 1965 by the Wildenstein family, New York; gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 128-129, color repro.

1996

Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 98-99, color repro.

Bibliography

1964

Rocher-Janeau, Madeleine. "Chinard and the Empire Style." Apollo 80 (1964): 225, repro. 224.

1994

Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 44, repro.

2000

Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 93-96, color repro.

2008

Penny, Nicholas. "The Evolution of the Plinth, Pedestal, and Socle." In Collecting Sculpture in Early Modern Europe. Nicholas Penny and Eike D. Schmidt, eds. Studies in the History of Art 70, Symposium Papers 47 (2008): 463, 464 fig. 6.

Inscriptions

incised on front of base: Chinard de Lyon 1810

Wikidata ID

Q63860928

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