A Space of Their Own

Élisabeth Sophie Chéron

Selected Works

Self-Portrait

1672

The Vintage

1700–11

Dead Christ

1710

Three overlapping drawings of a man, a woman, and a child shown in profile. The man is the topmost image and he has curly hair, a short beard, and  a helmet pushed back on his head; the woman is the bottommost image and she wears a simple diadem on top of her head; the child is between the man and woman, and he has very chubby cheeks and curly hair.

Andromache, Astyanax, and Hector

1711
Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Andromache, Astyanax, and Hector, 1711. Red chalk with pen and brown ink, 12.1 x 12.4 cm. British Museum
British Museum

An oval portrait drawn in red showing the profile of a young man with a prominent nose and short curly hair tied back with a string.

Portrait of Julius Caesar

ca. 1710
Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Portrait of Julius Caesar, ca. 1710. Red chalk, 12.5 x 9.5 cm. British Museum
British Museum

A group of soldiers lead a woman toward a bare-chested soldier seated on a platform. He has his arm raised and looks away from the woman. Behind him, another man reaches out from behind a pillar, in the direction of the woman.

Continence of Scipio

n.d.
Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Continence of Scipio, n.d. Bodycolor, 15.4 x 18 cm. British Museum
British Museum

Bacchus and Ariadne

n.d.

Elisabeth Sophie Le Hay (née Cheron)

n.d.

Madeline tenant un vase de parfums

n.d.

Saint Cecilia surrounded by Mary Magdalene, Saint John, Saint Paul, and Saint Augustine

n.d.

Self-Portrait

n.d.

Portrait of Madame Deshoulières

n.d.

Portrait of a Musician

n.d.

Portrait of Jeanne Marie de la Motte Guion

n.d.