A drawing of a man’s face in profile.
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The drawing in graphite on white paper depicts a man in profile from the chest up, facing left, cropped in a circle. His hair is shoulder length; it covers his ears and curls at the tips, gathered with a ribbon at the base of his neck. He wears a tall collared jacket and a white neckcloth that rises to his chin, tied at the collar. The artist’s signature is at the bottom right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.8
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Profile Portrait of a Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1797
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297005

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on parchment laid down to white laid paper.
Dimensions
diameter: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John S. Newberry, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John S. Newberry in memory of Meta P. Sachs
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ingres: Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967. Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches from American Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1967), no. 2, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, "Ingres as a Great Portrait Draughtsman", Colloque Ingres, ed. Mathieu Méras and Alan Godeau, Amis du Musée Ingres (Montauban, 1969), pp. 134-50, p. 135, fig. 1, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 206, repr.
  • Edward Saywell, Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), vol. 6, no. 2, checklist no. 35, p. 28
  • Valérie Bajou, Monsieur Ingres, Editions Adam Biro (Paris, France, 1999), fig. 14, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Ingres Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/1967 - 04/09/1967
  • Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/1998 - 12/30/1998
  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/17/2016 - 11/01/2017

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