A drawing of a woman touching her face.
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The drawing in black chalk on white paper depicts a woman from the waist up, her left arm cropped by the edge of the paper. She leans against a cushion propped under her right arm, and her right hand rests on her right cheek, with her index finger in her pulled-back hair. She wears a short-sleeved dress with a V-shaped neckline. In the upper left of the image is a less detailed drawing of the same woman, depicting the hand positioned differently on the woman’s cheek.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.178
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Study for the Portrait of Mme Moitessier; verso: Study of a Figure for "Christ Among the Doctors"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1847
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297912

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk over graphite, squared in graphite, on white wove paper; verso: graphite, squared.
Dimensions
18.7 x 20 cm (7 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.178
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 706
  • Ingres: Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967. Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches from American Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1967), no. 97, repr.
  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Susan L. Siegfried, Works by J. A. D. Ingres in the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 135-137, cat. no. 48, repr. pp. 136-137
  • John Spike, "Ingres at the Fogg Art Museum", The Burlington Magazine (1981), vol. 123, no. 936, p. 190
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 245, repr.
  • Ann Dumas and Colta Ives, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1997), p. 26, fig. 24
  • Colta Ives, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas: A Summary Catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1997), no. 637, repr.
  • David Acton, Master Drawings from the Worcester Art Museum, exh. cat., Hudson Hills Press/Worcester Art Museum (New York, NY, 1998), under no. 60 (note 4)
  • Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee, Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 1999), cat. no. 135, repr. (color)
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con quattro stelle nere")
  • Jane Munro, Degas: A Passion for Perfection, exh. cat., Fitzwilliam Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, 2017), p. 64, fig. 50
  • Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), pp. 83-84, repr. p. 83 as fig. 6
  • William A. Berry, Drawing the Human Form: Methods, Sources, Concepts, third edition, 2024, pp. 82-83, repr. as fig. 3-82

Exhibition History

  • Ingres Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/1967 - 04/09/1967
  • The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/01/1997 - 01/11/1998
  • Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, National Gallery, London, 01/27/1999 - 04/25/1999; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/05/1999 - 01/02/2000

Verification Level

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