A drawing of a seated woman.
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The drawing in graphite and white chalk on tan paper depicts a woman with strabismus seated for a portrait in an upholstered armchair. She wears a dress with long sleeves, voluminous skirts that fall over the chair arms, buttons down the chest, and a bow at the neck. Her hair is center-parted, with curls held beneath a white cap. There is written script at the bottom right of the page.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.839
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Portrait of Mme. Ramel
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1852
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297755

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and white chalk on tan wove paper, darkened, laid down
Dimensions
32.8 x 27 cm (12 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.839
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, "Drawings and Watercolours" [Winthrop collection], Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, November 1943), vol. X, no. 2, pp. 53-57, repr. in b/w p. 53
  • [Untitled article], Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, January 8, 1944), vol. XLVI, repr.
  • Ingres: Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967. Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches from American Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1967), no. 99, pp. 243-245, 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. 160, fig. 31, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 248, repr.
  • Aileen Ribeiro, Ingres in Fashion: Representations of Dress and Appearance in Ingres's Images of Women, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1999), p. 84, pl. 68

Exhibition History

  • Ingres Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/1967 - 04/09/1967

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