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A drawing of two women shaking hands beneath a pediment.

The drawing in graphite on tracing paper depicts a circular icon of two women shaking hands beneath a pediment and blue sky. On the left is a woman standing in profile facing the right of the page. She wears a long, sleeveless draped garment and a crown. In her left hand she grasps a tall staff, and her right hand grasps the left hand of the woman on page right. The woman on page right stands in three quarters facing the left of the page. She wears a long draped garment with a hooded shawl over her head, and holds a tall ornamental cross in her left hand against her shoulder. Behind the women is a decorated pediment and frieze, under which is an ornate altar with an infant motif. To either side of the pediment are flame-topped columns.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.19
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
The Alliance of France and Religion
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Study for the "Alliance of Royalty and Religion"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1828
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297123

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and turquoise wash, incised with a stylus on tracing paper, backed.
Dimensions
actual: 15.7 x 17 cm (6 3/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.19
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 234, repr.

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