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Collection Online as of January 29, 2023

Portrait of a Woman in a Brown Dress

1795

François Dumont

(French, 1751–1831)

France, late 18th century

Watercolor on ivory in a later ormolu/gilt metal frame

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); Diameter of frame: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)

Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.294

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, center left: 'Dumont. f./l'an 3me'

Provenance
2008
Estate of Muriel Butkin
Warneck Collection, Paris
By 1975 Norton Galleries (New York, New York), sold to Noah L. or Muriel Butkin before1975.
c. 1975-1980 Noah L. Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon his death, by inheritance to his wife, Muriel Butkin.
1980-2008 Muriel Butkin (Shaker Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
2008-2009 Estate of Muriel Butkin
Exhibition history

Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202): April 6, 2009 - October 26, 2009.

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.294