The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
A Seated Shepherdess
c. 1836
(French, 1811–1889)
Sheet: 61.1 x 47.6 cm (24 1/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.314
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 - 1890Estate of the artist1890(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)1977-2008Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH2009-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. 126Catalogue des tableaux modernes [. . .] appartenant à divers. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1929. Mentioned: p. 7, no. 13Lang, 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. 91Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine. Jules Dupré, 1811–1889: Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, dessiné, et gravé. Paris: L. Laget, 1974. Mentioned: p. 376, no. D219Fine Nineteenth Century European Paintings. New York: Christie, Manson and Woods, 1977. Mentioned: p. 16, no. 29Rohowsky, Peter S. French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors. Exh. cat. New York: Shepherd Gallery, 1977. Mentioned and reproduced: no. 33Aubrun, 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