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Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Paris 1715 – 1790 Paris

Portrait of a Woman

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size: 130 x 110 mm, 5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.

technique: black chalk and red chalk

provenance: Marius Paulme in 1897; collection Verdé-Delisle; private collection, France

description: Signed and dated at bottom center in black chalk: C. N. Cochin f. delin. 1778

Description

Cochin also made many portraits of literary, artistic, and aristocratic personalities who patronized him. Executed in black or red chalk, these portraits, like the present drawing, are almost always oval in format. The touches of red chalk to the woman’s hair and face give a life like quality to the portrait.

Additional information

size:

130 x 110 mm, 5 <sup>1/8</sup> x 4 <sup>1/4</sup> in.

technique:

black chalk and red chalk

provenance:

Marius Paulme in 1897;
collection Verdé-Delisle;
private collection, France

description:

Signed and dated at bottom center in black chalk: C. N. Cochin f. delin. 1778