Bust of a Young Woman Looking Down

1773 or later

Louis-Marin Bonnet after François Boucher

Associated Names
Louis-Marin Bonnet

Artist, French, 1736 - 1793

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

The image depicts a portrait of a person from the waist up. The person is slightly facing left, with their head tilted downwards, eyes looking down, and lips closed. They have delicate facial features, including softly arched brows, long eyelashes, and a faint blush on the cheeks. Their hair is styled in loose curls with small flower adornments. The person is wearing a light-colored garment with a draped neckline and a darker overcoat with a rose flower pinned to it on the left side. The background is a simple, textured gray pattern, framed with a decorative border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in black and red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips, in memory of Neil Phillips

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.9 x 23.2 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
    overall (2nd framing line): 23.5 x 16.6 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.12.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Herold 1935, no. 9, State iv/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(André Candillier, Paris); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 9b.

Bibliography

1935

  • Herold, Jacques. Louis-Marin Bonnet (1735-1793): Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave. Paris: La Societe pour l'etude de la gravure Francaise, 1935.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 9b.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: F. Boucher fecit; lower right in plate: L. Bonnet sculp. en 1767; lower center in plate: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. de Selle Trésorier Général de la Marine / à Paris chés la Veuve Chereau rue St Jacques aux 2 Pilliers d'Or / et chés Bonnet rue St. Jacques

Wikidata ID

Q76347739

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