For many years, this sitter was identified as Madame de Pompadour, but she bears little resemblance to this pivotal figure in French art and politics of the mid 1700s. Nattier specialized in portraits of women in mythological guises—in this case, the bow, quiver, and leopard skin, all attributes of Diana, goddess of the hunt.
C.M.A, 1942: "Exhibition of the John L Severance Collection", cat. no. 11, pl. VIII.
New York, Wildenstein &Co., Nov. 7-Dec. 15, 1951: "Jubillee Exhibition", (Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Firm's Establishment in N.Y.City.).
CMA, Oct. 1-Nov 10, 1963: "Style, Truth, and the Portrait", cat. no. 54, repr..
Royal Academy of Arts, London, January 5 to March 3, 1968, "France in the 18th Century." cat. no. 498.
Versailles, France: Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon (10/25/99 - 1/30/00) "Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766)" exh. cat. no. 69, pp 244-246.
Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).
Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 19, 1963).
Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766). Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon, France (October 25, 1999-January 30, 2000).
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