A drawing of a man in formalwear.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The drawing in graphite on white paper depicts a man in formalwear from the chest up; facing the viewer. He has light, medium-length hair, combed back. He wears a coat with an upturned, dark lapel over a light jacket and shirt, the collar fastened with an ascot.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.73
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Portrait of Etienne (?) Gonin
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1834
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297163

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and white chalk on white wove paper
Dimensions
24.2 × 18.6 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marian H. Phinney
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.73
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 43, repr.
  • Hans Naef, "Ingres et les familles Gonin, Thomeguex et Guerber", Genava (1966), 14, pp. 113-162, no. 14, p. 145, fig. 8
  • Ingres: Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967. Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches from American Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1967), no. 73, pp. 243-246, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 240, repr.
  • Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee, Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1999), p. 467

Exhibition History

  • Ingres in American Collections: Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Lighthouse, New York Association for the Blind, Paul Rosenberg and Co.
  • Ingres Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/1967 - 04/09/1967

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