Joseph Chinard

French, 1756 - 1813

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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.
Joseph Chinard, A Lady, 1810, terracotta, Gift of Daniel Wildenstein, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.128.1

A Lady

Joseph Chinard · 1810 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1990.128.1

Bibliography

1905

  • Cantinelli, Richard. "L'exposition retrospective des artistes lynnais peintres et sculpteurs." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 33 (1905): 141-152 (includes autobiographical note by Chinard, c. 1908).

1907

  • Edited by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart 1907-1950, 6(1912): 503-505.

1909

  • Vitry, Paul. Exposition d'oeuvres du sculpteur Chinard de Lyon (1756-1812) au Pavillon de Marsan (Palais du Louvre). Exh. cat. Union centrale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1909.

1931

  • Schwark, Günther. "Porträtbüsten Joseph Chinards." Kunst und Künstler 30 (1931-1932): 93-96.

1964

  • Rocher-Jauneau, Madeleine. "Chinard and the Empire Style." Apollo 80 (1964): 220-225.

1972

  • Kalnein, Wend Graf, and Michael Levy. Art and Architecture of the Eighteenth Century in France. Harmondsworth, 1972: 153, 165, 169-172.

1978

  • Rocher, Jauneau, Madeleine. L'oeuvre de Joseph Chinard au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Lyon, 1978.

1984

  • Hubert, Gérard. "Musée de Malmaison: Un buste du Premier Consul per Chinard." Revue du Louvre 34: 3(1984):189-192.

1989

  • Rocher-Jauneau, Madeleine. "Les dieux de l'Olympe, quatre sculptures de Chinard retrouvées." L'Oeil 407 (June 1989): 50-55.

1992

  • Rocher-Jauneau, Madeleine. "Chinard." In Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon: die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. Edited by Günter Meissner. 83+ vols. Munich and Leipzig, 1983+: 18(1998):549-551.

1996

  • Rocher-Jauneau, Madeleine. "Chinard." Dictionary of Art 1996, 7:162-163.

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: 92-93.