The artist's daughter Louise playing the fortepiano
Maker
Adélaïde-Marie-Anne Moitte (artist)
1747-1807
1747-1807
Title
The artist's daughter Louise playing the fortepiano
Date of Production
1797
Medium
Pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 32.8 cm
Width: 20 cm (maximum)
Width: 20 cm (maximum)
Accession Number
D.2023.XX.6
Mode of Acquisition
purchase, 2023
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
Captured in the midst of playing, Adélaïde Moitte's adopted daughter may be performing at one of the family's fashionable musical salons. Although she received professional training, Moitte's artistic career was cut short by her marriage. She continued to draw, sharing her work only with friends and family. A revolutionary and a passionate advocate of education for girls, her drawings and the diary she kept between 1805-1807 offer a compelling glimpse into the realities of middle-class life in Paris during the Revolution and the early days of the First Empire.
most of Moitte's known drawings were made on the pages of account books; she skilfully incorporated the ruled lines into her compositions, here using them to give the impression that we are looking at Louise through a doorway.
most of Moitte's known drawings were made on the pages of account books; she skilfully incorporated the ruled lines into her compositions, here using them to give the impression that we are looking at Louise through a doorway.
Provenance
anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 22 May 1996, as part of an album containing 90 pages subsequently broken up and sold individually or in groups; Den Otter Fine Art, Rotterdam' from whom purchased, 2023
Exhibition History
From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2024-27/05/2024
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