Portrait of Melle de Vandeul
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (French, 1704–1778)
possibly 1760
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
63.5 × 33 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1952.566
Tags
male
About this artwork
Lemoyne specialized in portrait busts of wealthy Parisians. In this case, the sitter is a close relative of important French critic and writer Denis Diderot.