Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
1758-1823
Portrait of Antoine Cerclet (1796-1849)
1818
5 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (146 x 123 mm), oval, diameter
Black chalk, stumped, pen and black ink, with white chalk, on light brown paper, some black chalk; yellow wash applied to verso corresponds roughly to area of sitter's head.
1983.7
Purchased on the Lois and Walter C. Baker Fund as the gift of Mrs. Carl Stern.
Notes
Watermark: none.
According to Prud'hon's inscription, Cerclet, who was born in Russia and studied law in Paris, would have been 22 years old at the time he sat for this portrait.
According to Prud'hon's inscription, Cerclet, who was born in Russia and studied law in Paris, would have been 22 years old at the time he sat for this portrait.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in black chalk, at lower right, "P.P. Prud'hon / 1818".
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, on back of wooden support of old frame, "Portrait de Mr / A. Cerclet / Maître des requêtes / Secrétaire-rédacteur / de la chambre des Députés".
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, on back of wooden support of old frame, "Portrait de Mr / A. Cerclet / Maître des requêtes / Secrétaire-rédacteur / de la chambre des Députés".
Associated names
Marcille, Eudoxe, former owner.
Jarre, M., former owner.
Stern, Anne Bigelow, donor.
Jarre, M., former owner.
Stern, Anne Bigelow, donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 292.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 93.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 94, repr.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 93.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 94, repr.
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