Le Triomphe de Minette (Triumph of Minette)

1786

Gérard Vidal

Associated Names
Gérard Vidal
Artist/publisher, French, 1742 - 1801
Marguerite Gérard
Artist After, French, 1761 - 1837
Marguerite Gérard
Dedicatee, French, 1761 - 1837
The artwork "Le Triomphe de Minette" depicts a full-length portrait of a woman standing and holding a fluffy cat in her arms. She has curly hair and is dressed in an elegant blue gown with white fur trim and a voluminous silver skirt. The scene is set in an interior space with a dark wall and a large blue curtain hanging to the side. Beside her, there is an ornate chair draped with a dark garment, a fan, and some papers. A small white dog is lying on the floor. In the background, a cello is partially visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and mezzotint inked à la poupée on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 53.7 × 42.6 cm (21 1/8 × 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2346

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: M.le Gerard El.e de M. Fragonard pinx. / A Paris chez Vidal, rue de la Harpe, au coin de celle Poupée, No. 181; in plate, below image, at right: Vidal sculp / Par son très humble Serviteur Vidal.; in plate, below image, at center: LE TRIOMPHE DE MINETTE. / Dedié à Mlle. Gerard

Wikidata ID

Q64956950

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