Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1816 - Mme. Dufresne - fine art print

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The artist made this sketch in preparation for a full-length portrait of Madame Dufresne that is now lost. Prud'hon showed the sitter—probably the wife of an art dealer—in a landscape where she is seated in a relaxed pose with her legs crossed. According to an early auction record, the composition is based upon one of several sketches Prud'hon made for a portrait of Empress Josephine (1763–1814). The empress probably rejected the pose as too casual. Prud'hon's portraits show his skill in capturing emotions, especially melancholy. This is true of the Cleveland portrait; despite its rough surface, we sense the sitter's gentle demeanor and slightly wistful expression. In 1789 Prud'hon was awarded the Prix de Rome, a scholarship that allowed especially gifted French art students the chance to study in Rome. While in Italy, Prud'hon was deeply influenced not only by ancient Roman art but also by the lively, international Neoclassical movement that was centered there. After his return to France, the artist became very popular with Napoleon, painting portraits of the emperor and his entourage and acting as Empress Josephine's drawing instructor.

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The piece of art was made by the male artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. The 200 year-old masterpiece has the following size: Framed: 34,5 x 27 x 5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 5/8 x 1 15/16 in); Unframed: 23,8 x 17,5 cm (9 3/8 x 6 7/8 in). Oil on paper mounted on fabric was used by the painter as the technique for the work of art. Inscription on face of frame: prud'hon. portrait de mme dufresne is the painting's inscription. Nowadays, the piece of art is in the the art collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, which is one of the leading museums worldwide that builds, preserves, studies, and shares its outstanding collections of art from all periods and parts of the world, generating new scholarship and understanding, while serving as a social and intellectual hub for its community. We are glad to state that this public domain work of art is being supplied with courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art. The creditline of the artpiece is the following: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Moreover, alignment is portrait with a side ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was a painter of French nationality, whose art style can be attributed primarily to Romanticism. The painter lived for 65 years, born in the year 1758 in Cluny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France and passed away in the year 1823 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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