1954.87: Portrait of Mademoiselle Carnot
DrawingsPortrait of a woman’s smiling, right side profile. Her hair is styled into an updo, braided up the back, with loose tendrils that curl around her face and neck. A large pendant earring hangs from her ear, the only piece of jewelry visible in the work. Though the portrait lacks color, the woman’s long-sleeved dress appears to be dark, similar in shade to her hair. The dress’s rounded neckline dips low with a thin rim of lace bordering its edge.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1954.87
- People
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Marie Guilhelmine Benoist, French (Paris 1768 - 1826 Paris)
- Title
- Portrait of Mademoiselle Carnot
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1800
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/294651
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black chalk on white wove paper
- Dimensions
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diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
frame: 14 × 14 cm (5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.l., black chalk: Benoist . . . 18[05?]
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alfredo Masetti
- Accession Year
- 1954
- Object Number
- 1954.87
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 8, repr.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/10/2015
- A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022
- Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/12/2025 - 01/18/2026
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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