Profile Portrait of a Man (18th century): Art, History and Details

Profile Portrait of a Man (18th century) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Louis Rolland Trinquesse (French, c. 1746–c. 1800).

The work and its context

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

This portrait bust is a counterproof: the reverse image of a composition, made by placing blank paper on top of a drawing and transferring the design with pressure. Eighteenth-century artists frequently made counterproofs of their drawings to replicate their work. This process also enabled them to experience how their images would appear if they were reproduced as prints.

Object facts

• Title: Profile Portrait of a Man
• Date: 18th century
• Creator attribution: Louis Rolland Trinquesse (French, c. 1746–c. 1800)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: Black chalk counterproof
• Dimensions: Sheet: 20.3 x 17.5 cm (8 x 6 7/8 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2018.41

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

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