A drawing of a nude woman seated in a bathhouse.
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A drawing of a nude woman seated at center-page on an ornately decorated stool, facing away from the viewer. Her body is turned toward the left of the page, and her face is turned toward the right, partially visible in profile over her right shoulder. In the background are visible an additional seven nude figures, six reclining on cushions and one dancing, and one clothed holding a drum or mirror.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.244
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Turkish Bath
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1864
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296646

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite over brown printing ink on white wove paper
Dimensions
16.7 x 12.6 cm (6 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.244
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), p. 76 note 10, cat. no. 28 pp. 98-99
  • Patricia Condon, "Les Dessins Historiques achevés de J.A.D. Ingres" (part one), Bulletin du Musée Ingres, Amis du Musée Ingres (Montauban, France, 1995), no. 67/68, pp. 3-86, cat. 89; repr. fig. 69
  • Patricia Condon, "Les Dessins Historiques achevés de J.A.D. Ingres" (part two), Bulletin du Musée Ingres, Amis du Musée Ingres (Montauban, France, 1996), no. 69, pp. 3-38, pp. 4, 7, 9, 11, 31, 37
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 256, repr.
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr., "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2005), no. 14

Exhibition History

  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
  • "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/17/2005 - 03/12/2006

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