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A Seated Shepherdess

A Seated Shepherdess

c. 1836
(French, 1811–1889)
Sheet: 61.1 x 47.6 cm (24 1/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Abrun D.219
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Dupré was known for his evocative skies reflecting different atmospheric conditions.

Description

Unique for Jules Dupré, who mostly recorded landscapes, this sheet features a woman holding a crook for herding sheep. Many middle-class collectors at the time were eager for images of rural life while cities grew and factories proliferated. Cleveland’s drawing forms a pair with a similar depiction of a male shepherd, also created using wetted and burnished white pastel on earthy brown paper. It is one of numerous objects in these galleries formerly owned by Clevelander Muriel Butkin, a passionate scholar and collector of French art from the 1800s who bequeathed nearly 300 drawings to the museum.
  • 1889 - 1890
    Estate of the artist
    1890
    (his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, January 30, 1890, probably no. 126)
    1929
    (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, January 31, 1929, no. 13)
    1977
    (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, May 26, 1977, no. 29, sold to Shepherd Gallery, New York)
    1977
    (Shepherd Gallery, New York, sold to Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH)
    1977-2008
    Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    2009-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue des tableaux et dessins provenant de l’atelier Jules Dupré. Paris: Hotel Drouot, 1890. Mentioned: p. 43, probably no. 126
    Catalogue des tableaux modernes [. . .] appartenant à divers. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1929. Mentioned: p. 7, no. 13
    Lang, L.-Maurice. La Cote des tableaux, ou Annuaire des ventes [. . .] guide du marchand, de l’amateur, 11:91. Paris: L.-Maurice Lang, 1929. Mentioned: vol. 11, p. 91
    Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine. Jules Dupré, 1811–1889: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, dessiné, et gravé. Paris: L. Laget, 1974. Mentioned: p. 376, no. D219
    Fine Nineteenth Century European Paintings. New York: Christie, Manson and Woods, 1977. Mentioned: p. 16, no. 29
    Rohowsky, Peter S. French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors. Exh. cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1977. Mentioned and reproduced: no. 33
    Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine. Jules Dupré, 1811–1889: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre, supplément. Paris: M.-M. Aubrun, 1982. Mentioned: p.191, no. D219; Reproduced: p. 196
  • Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023).
    Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017).
    French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors. Shepherd Gallery, New York (November 1977–February 1978).
  • {{cite web|title=A Seated Shepherdess|url=false|author=Jules Dupré|year=c. 1836|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.314