The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 10, 2023

Portrait of Comtesse Starjinska

1800s

Eugène Isabey

(French, 1803–1886)

France, 18th century

Charcoal, black crayon, brush and grey wash, and graphite, heightened with traces of white gouache; framing lines in black crayon

Support: Beige(1) wove paper (discolored), perimeter mounted to board

Image: 24.4 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 32.5 x 24.3 cm (12 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.85

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right, in graphite: Isabey; VERSO OF SUPPORT, upper left, in blue crayon: [Ib. ?] [on sticker]

Citations
Lécosse, Cyril. Jean-Baptiste Isabey: petits portraits et grands desseins. Paris : CTHS : Institut national d’histoire de l’art, 2018. Mentioned: p. 134; reproduced: p. 135, fig. 28
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.85