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Giuseppe Cades

Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche

1785
Red chalk over graphite (portrait), pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite (surround), circular framing line in graphite

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The woman’s hairstyle in this drawing—cut short and frizzed at the front and sides, with loose curls in the back—was called à la hérisson , or "hedgehog style," and was fashionable during the 1780s.

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