Description
Martin Drölling was an accomplished portraitist, known for intimate depictions that revealed their sitters’ personalities. This drawing shows his daughter, Louise Adéone (1797–before 1831) wearing a fashionable dress and hat. The young woman meets the artist’s gaze directly and confidently, her features delineated by a combination of smooth lines and soft shading in charcoal.
Provenance
Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, Germany (February 1998); Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980]; Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008] (1998-2005); the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 2019)
Accession Number
2019.65
Medium
black chalk on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin