In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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Charles Nicolas Cochin II — Le Marquis de Marigny
Gilles Louis Chrétien — Portrait of a man to right
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin — Portrait of a Man
Louis Aubert (French) — Seated Man Holding a Snuff Box
Anonymous, French, 18th century — Bust of a Man
Claude Jean-Baptiste Hoin — Head of a Man
Jean Etienne Liotard — Portrait of a Man
Francesco Bartolozzi|John Smart|Sir Henry Clinton|Thomas Wat
Jean Marc Nattier — Half-Length Portrait of a Young Man
baron Dominique Vivant Denon — Bust of Man Facing Left
Louis Jean Desprez — Antoine de Chézy
Charles Nicolas Cochin II|Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonvill