Search results for: “ingres”
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres pencil portrait of Mme Lethiere
Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, née Marie-Joseph-Honorée Vanzenne, and her son Lucien Lethière, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres; graphite on paper; roughly 9 x 7″ (24 x 19 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. I’m a great admirer of Ingres’ sensitive pencil portrait drawings. This one is a bit unusual, more finished…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres portrait of Madame Félix Gallois
Madame Félix Gallois, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Graphite on paper, with touches of cold highlighting the jewelry, roughly 14 x 11 in. (35 x 27 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; use the download or zoom links under the image on their site. Another of Ingres’ beautiful and deceptively simple graphite…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres pencil portrait of Adolphe-Marcellin Defresne
Portrait of Adolphe-Marcellin Defresne, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Graphite pencil on paper, roughly 17×12 inches (43×29 cm). Original is in the Morgan Library and Museum. Here is another of Ingres’s wonderful pencil portraits, with his trademark combination of exacting portraiture, and loose, almost casual rendering of the figure. The Morgan Library’s page offers both a zoomable and…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres graphite portrait of Mme. Lethière
Madame Alexandre Lethière and Her Daughter Letizia, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Graphite on paper, roughly 11×9 in (30×22 cm); in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the download or zoom icons under the image. Another of Ingres’ marvelous pencil portraits in which the delicately attentive portrait is set off by his seemingly casual sketch of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres’ portraits of Madame Moitessier
Madame Moitessier, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, National Gallery of Art, DC Madame Moitessier, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The National Gallery, London When asked to paint Madame Moitessier, Ingres — who was at a later point in his career in which he was less inclined to take on portrait commissions — initially refused. On meeting her, however, he was struck…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres pencil portrait
Portrait of a Seated Lady, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres In the Metropolitan Museum of Art.