Portrait of a Lady, possibly Madame Boilly (nee Adelaide Leduc) / Julien Boilly
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.375
- Title
- Portrait of a Lady, possibly Madame Boilly (nee Adelaide Leduc)
- Artist
- Julien Boilly
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1796-1874
- Medium and Support
- black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk on brown paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1814
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Neo-classical
- Inscription
- Signed and dated, l.l.: J. Boilly fils/1814
- Dimensions
- 21.6 cm x 18.1 cm (8 1/2 in. x 7 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- A bust-length portrait of a woman faces the viewer. Her hair is worn high on her head with curls framing her face and a bandeau high on her forehead. Her dress has a high starched collar and a scarf tied over the bodice. The drawing is muted in dark chalks with white highlighting on a brown paper.
- Subject Matter
- This intimate, insightful portrait has been identified as the mother of the artist, Julien-Leopold Boilly, who would have been about 36 years old at the time the likeness was taken.
- Secondary Keywords
- figures
- figures (representations)
- objects we use
- people and occupations
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 985 x 1461
- File Size
- 101 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.375
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.375/1972_2.375.jpg
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"Portrait of a Lady, possibly Madame Boilly (nee Adelaide Leduc); Julien Boilly." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.375/1972_2.375.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
