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A drawing of a woman standing in a long dress in front of a mirror.

The drawing in graphite on white paper depicts a woman standing in three-quarters facing left page, her head turned and gaze directed to the viewer. She wears her hair back with a center part, and a long, plain dress. She leans against a mantle or sideboard; her right hand is across her waist grasping her skirt, and her chin rests on her left hand, the index finger drawn across her jawline. Behind her is a mirror, her reflection cast above her hips.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.294
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Study for the Portrait of Madame Othenin d'Haussonville
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1842-1845
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296779

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, squared, on white wove paper
Dimensions
23.4 x 19.6 cm (9 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: Ing

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.294
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David and Ingres: Paintings and Drawings, exh. cat., Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, MA, 1939), no. 45
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 704, fig. 375
  • Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum..., brochure, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI, 1941), checklist no. 44
  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, exh. cat., Speed Memorial Museum (Louisville, KY, 1947), cat. no. 22
  • Agnes Mongan, De Clouet a Matisse: Dessins français des collections américaines, exh. cat., Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, 1958), no. 135, pl. 108
  • Agnes Mongan, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, exh. cat., Museum Boymans (Rotterdam, 1958), no. 135, pl. 100
  • Agnes Mongan, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1959), cat. no. 135, p. 95, pl. 100, repr.
  • Ingres in American Collections: Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Lighthouse, New York Association for the Blind, exh. cat., Paul Rosenberg and Co. (New York, 1961), no. 55, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 45, repr.
  • Ingres: Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967. Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches from American Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1967), no. 85, pp. 246, 248, repr.
  • John Spike, "Ingres at the Fogg Art Museum", The Burlington Magazine (1981), vol. 123, no. 936, p. 190
  • [Reproduction only], Exposé (Essays from the Harvard Expository Writing Program), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1993 - 1994)., repr. p. 41
  • Catherine Golden and Mary Ann Foley, "Visualization as a Guide for Composing", Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal (June 1994), vol. VI, no. 2, p. 199, fig. 2
  • Uwe Fleckner, Abbild und Abstraktion: die Kunst des Porträts im Werk von J.-A.-D. Ingres, Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Mainz, Germany, 1995), p. 242, fig. 85
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 242, repr.
  • Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee, Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1999), cat. no. 126, repr. (color)
  • Uwe Fleckner, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1780-1867, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft (Cologne, Germany, 2000), p. 113, fig. 110 (color)
  • Mark G. Mitchell, "Learning from the Masters: Ingres' Miraculous Lines", Drawing (American Artist) (Winter 2007), pp. 42-57, repr. p. 54
  • Daniel M. Mendelowitz, David L. Faber, and Duane A. Wakeham, A Guide to Drawing, Thomson Wadsworth (Belmont, CA, 2007), fig. 1-2, p. 3
  • Louis-Antoine Prat, Le dessin français au XIXe siècle, Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2011), p. 188
  • William A. Berry, Drawing the Human Form: Methods, Sources, Concepts, third edition, 2024, pp. 351-353, repr. as fig. 8-21

Exhibition History

  • David and Ingres: Paintings and Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, 11/20/1939 - 12/17/1939; M. Knoedler & Co., 01/08/1940 - 01/27/1940; Cincinnati Art Museum, 02/07/1940 - 03/03/1940; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, 03/01/1940 - 04/01/1940
  • Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawing from the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University and the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 05/01/1941 - 06/01/1941
  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY, 03/02/1947 - 03/30/1947
  • Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
  • French Drawings: Masterpieces from Seven Centuries, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 12/02/1955 - 12/29/1955; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 01/07/1956 - 02/11/1956
  • French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, 07/31/1958 - 09/28/1958; Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 10/24/1958 - 01/02/1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/03/1959 - 03/15/1959
  • Ingres in American Collections: Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Lighthouse, New York Association for the Blind, Paul Rosenberg and Co.
  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • Ingres Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/1967 - 04/09/1967
  • The Heavenly Twins: Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs and the Building of a Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/1995 - 12/17/1995
  • Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 05/23/1999 - 08/22/1999; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/05/1999 - 01/02/2000

Verification Level

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