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Head of an Italian Woman
Jean-Léon Gérômec. 1847
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Gérôme spent the years 1843 and 1844 in Rome, where this work was painted. The woman's severe expression and drapery recall ancient Roman statuary as well as the 19th-century belief that the essence of the antique could still be found amid the ruins and people of contemporary Rome.
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- Title: Head of an Italian Woman
- Creator: Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
- Date Created: c. 1847
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 60 x 51 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 20 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 44.5 x 36 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Provenance: 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.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.264
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed right: j. l. gerome / 1844 / roma
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1980.264
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