A drawing of a female figure in a loosely draped garment.
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The drawing in graphite and black chalk on white paper depicts a female figure facing the viewer, wearing a loosely draped garment. The garment is gathered at the waist, with a band of cloth extending from the figure’s right shoulder across their chest and a suggestion of a hood.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.67
People
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French (Montauban 1780 - 1867 Paris)
Title
Drapery Study for the Madonna in "The Vow of Louis XIII"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1821
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298101

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk and graphite over stylus lines on cream wove paper (the verso of an engraving by Cipriani)
Dimensions
actual: 39 x 19.4 cm (15 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.67
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Drawn on the verso of an engraved frontispiece by Cipriani for "Plans de Maison de maisons romains tirés du plan antique de Rome conservé au Capitole."

Publication History

  • Ingres: Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967. Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches from American Collections, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1967), no. 54, p. 247, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 226, repr.

Exhibition History

  • A Century of Progress Art Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 06/01/1933 - 11/01/1933
  • Ingres Centennial Exhibition, 1867-1967, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/1967 - 04/09/1967

Verification Level

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