Citation
"Portrait of the Forestier Family (Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres) , 1943.842,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297614.
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The drawing in graphite and white chalk on tracing paper depicts five figures posting for a portrait in an interior. The room is furnished with a piano and three chairs, with an open doorway on the far left. At the center of the page is a woman standing in a long dress, facing right, her gaze directed at the viewer. Her right hand holds a cloth or flower, and her left hand rests on the keys of the piano. To her right is a man seated in a wooden armchair. He wears a double-breasted jacket and looks at the woman center-page. To the left of the woman center-page is a seated woman in a long dress and brimmed hat, with a dog at her feet. Her hands are folded in her lap, and her gaze is directed at the viewer. To her left is a seated man in an open jacket with legs crossed, looking at the woman center-page. On the far left of the page in the open doorway is a standing woman in a long dress and bonnet, looking at the viewer.