Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres J. A. D. Ingres (1780-1867)
was born in Montauban on August 29, 1780, the son of an unsuccessful sculptor and painter. French painter. He was the last grand champion of the French classical tradition of history painting. He was traditionally presented as the opposing force to Delacroix in the early 19th-century confrontation of Neo-classicism and Romanticism, but subsequent assessment has shown the degree to which Ingres, like Neo-classicism, is a manifestation of the Romantic spirit permeating the age. The chronology of Ingres's work is complicated by his obsessive perfectionism, which resulted in multiple versions of a subject and revisions of the original. For this reason, all works cited in this article are identified by catalogue.
Mademoiselle Caroline Riviere (mk05) 1805
Canvas 39 1/4 x 27 1/2''(100 x 70 cm)Caroline Riviere died at the age of fifteen in the year this portrait was painted .salon of 1806;bequeathed by Mne.Veuve Riviere 1870 M I 1447 (S/AR)
Painting ID:: 20859
Mademoiselle_Caroline_Riviere_(mk05) 1805
Canvas 39 1/4 x 27 1/2''(100 x 70 cm)Caroline Riviere died at the age of fifteen in the year this portrait was painted .salon of 1806;bequeathed by Mne.Veuve Riviere 1870 M I 1447 (S/AR)
Oedipus Explains the RIddle of the Sphinx (mk05) 1808
Canvas 74 1/2 x 56 1/2''(189 x 144 cm)Sent from Rome to Paris in 1808;Retouched Before the Salon of 1827;in Salon of 1827 but not in catalogue;bequeathed in 1878 R.F 218 (G/AR)
Painting ID:: 20860
Oedipus_Explains_the_RIddle_of_the_Sphinx_(mk05) 1808
Canvas 74 1/2 x 56 1/2''(189 x 144 cm)Sent from Rome to Paris in 1808;Retouched Before the Salon of 1827;in Salon of 1827 but not in catalogue;bequeathed in 1878 R.F 218 (G/AR)
Charles-Joseph-Laurent Cordier,an Official of the Imperial Administration in Rome (mk05) 1811 Canvas 35 1/2 x 27 1/2''(90 x 70 cm)Background Probably painted by F.M.Granet Bequeathed by the Comtesse Mortier,daughter of the sitter,1886 R.F 477(MN)
Painting ID:: 20863
Charles-Joseph-Laurent_Cordier,an_Official_of_the_Imperial_Administration_in_Rome_(mk05) 1811 Canvas 35 1/2 x 27 1/2''(90 x 70 cm)Background Probably painted by F.M.Granet Bequeathed by the Comtesse Mortier,daughter of the sitter,1886 R.F 477(MN)
Jean_Auguste_Dominique_Ingres J. A. D. Ingres (1780-1867)
was born in Montauban on August 29, 1780, the son of an unsuccessful sculptor and painter. French painter. He was the last grand champion of the French classical tradition of history painting. He was traditionally presented as the opposing force to Delacroix in the early 19th-century confrontation of Neo-classicism and Romanticism, but subsequent assessment has shown the degree to which Ingres, like Neo-classicism, is a manifestation of the Romantic spirit permeating the age. The chronology of Ingres's work is complicated by his obsessive perfectionism, which resulted in multiple versions of a subject and revisions of the original. For this reason, all works cited in this article are identified by catalogue.