Head of a Woman in Profile (George Sand) (1833): Art, History and Details

Head of a Woman in Profile (George Sand) (1833) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788–1856).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

David d'Angers aimed to create a series of portraits in sculpture that would capture all of the outstanding men and women of his time. This drawing relates to a medallion portrait of the writer George Sand, the pseudonym adopted by a woman named Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin so that she could publish her work. David d'Angers captured his sitter's independence sympathetically, as she stares forward and upward, as if seen in thought.

Object facts

• Title: Head of a Woman in Profile (George Sand)
• Date: 1833
• Creator attribution: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788–1856)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: graphite
• Dimensions: Sheet: 20.6 x 15.8 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2000.40

Collection credit

Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” June 19, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.

View the collection record

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