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1844 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of an Italian Woman

Jean-Léon GérômeWikidata

painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904) (1980.264)

Wander from here

In the picture

Portraitwomanheadgeareyebrowpart
Date
1844Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1847
Medium
oil on fabricCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
44.5 × 36 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: 44.5 × 36 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Movement
academic artWikidata
Genre
portraitWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1980.264Wikidata
Credit line
Bequest of Noah L. ButkinCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Perhaps Italienne commissioned from the artist by Joseph Courcelles, Vesoul, before 1847. Goupil to Hoey, New York, 1867, as an étude, for ff 250. Probably acquired as Tête d'Italienne from Gérôme by Goupil, May 1871, for ff 2,250 and sold to Everard, London, for ff 3,000, and then Goupil bought it back in London, May 1871, for ff 3,500 and sold it 31 July 1871 to Knoedler, New York, for ff 4,000 francs on a fixed account.3 Boussod, Valadon & Cie to Delmonico, New York, 1885. Belgian private collection. Christie's, London, 20 February 1976 (lot 153, repr.), Study of a Roman, property of a Belgian private collector, £400. Shepherd Gallery, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980.
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  2. Dates unknown
    Cleveland Museum of Art
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection
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