● On view now — 216B French and German
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Like many French portraitists active during the ancien régime, François-Hubert Drouais was skilled at veiling the physical imperfections of his subjects. This portrait certainly has this quality: the face has been idealized, smoothed, and perfected, but the focus of the painting is less on the Marquise and more on her elegant gown, which is a particularly fine rendering of eighteenth-century printed cloth, with the brilliant gold and white fabric strewn with meticulously detailed flowers and lace.
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Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart 
Madame Sophie de France (1734–1782)
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry
Boy with a Black Spaniel
Portrait of a Young Woman as a Vestal Virgin
Family Portrait
Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières
Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right
Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766) — Portrait of a Woman
Jean Marc Nattier — Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. AbreFrançois Hubert Drouais — Madame Sophie de France (1734–1782François Hubert Drouais — Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle
anonymous — Portrait of a Woman
Nicolas de Largillière — Portrait of Marguerite de Sève
Jean-Etienne Liotard — Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of 
after Jean-Marc Nattier — Portrait of a Young WomanFrançois Hubert Drouais — Portrait of a Young Woman as a Ves
Guillaume de Spinny — Portrait of a Lady from the van de Pol
Jan Maurits Quinkhard — Portrait of Margaretha Trip, Wife of
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun — Madame Grand (Noël Catherin