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| Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet) |
Artist:Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, Paris 1749–1803 Paris)
Date:1789
Medium:Red, black, and white chalk on toned laid paper
Dimensions:Sheet: 20 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (52 x 48 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008
Producing portraits in miniature, pastel, and oil, Labille-Guiard was admitted to the Académie Royale in 1783, one of the few women in eighteenth-century France to earn this honor. This rare example of her draftsmanship shows her vigorous technique in trois crayons (red, black, and white chalks) as akin to that of her husband, François-André Vincent (1746-1816). She depicts here her devoted student Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818), who lived in the couple's household, staying on even after Labille-Guiard's death in 1803 to care for Vincent until his death in 1816, two years before her own.
Provenance
Presumably in the studio of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French)until her death, 1803; ?her husband, François André Vincent (French); collection of M. D[espris], Paris; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 18-19, 1921, lot 31; Mme Conti(per Passez); Édouard Pape; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 16, 1943, lot 6; Private Collection, France; Emmanuel Moatti, Paris, 1994; sold to Wrightsman; Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, from 1994; Donor: Jayne Wrightsman
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