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JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES. Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger

Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger. Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780-1867 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 22 × 17 5/8 in. (55.9 × 44.8 cm). Date: ca. 1845-50.
This large scale study was presumably a preparatory work for a lost or never executed portrait. It depicts the painter's god-daughter, Palmyre Meurice (1819-1874), known to her friends and family as 'Myrette'. Her father, the Neoclassical painter Jean-Pierre Granger, was a close friend of Ingres' and she herself studied art, and would go on to become a renowned musician. She married the writer Paul Meurice in 1843 and counted Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo among her close friends.
Holding what appears to be a flower, the sitter faces the viewer directly. The frontality of her pose, along with her steady gaze, suggests a mature and accomplished woman. Using a dark graphite, Ingres has gone over the lines repeatedly, establishing the sinuous contours characteristic of his style. Her features are rendered with clarity, in a decidedly more delicate technique.
Perrin Stein (July, 2017).

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JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES (1780-1867)

Title:

Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger

Caption:

Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger. Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780-1867 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 22 × 17 5/8 in. (55.9 × 44.8 cm). Date: ca. 1845-50. This large scale study was presumably a preparatory work for a lost or never executed portrait. It depicts the painter's god-daughter, Palmyre Meurice (1819-1874), known to her friends and family as 'Myrette'. Her father, the Neoclassical painter Jean-Pierre Granger, was a close friend of Ingres' and she herself studied art, and would go on to become a renowned musician. She married the writer Paul Meurice in 1843 and counted Charles Baudelaire and Victor Hugo among her close friends. Holding what appears to be a flower, the sitter faces the viewer directly. The frontality of her pose, along with her steady gaze, suggests a mature and accomplished woman. Using a dark graphite, Ingres has gone over the lines repeatedly, establishing the sinuous contours characteristic of his style. Her features are rendered with clarity, in a decidedly more delicate technique. Perrin Stein (July, 2017).

Technique/material:

Graphite on wove paper

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

3252 x 4033 px | 37.5 MB

Print size:

27.5 x 34.1 cm | 10.8 x 13.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • DRAWINGS • GRAPHITE ON WOVE PAPER • GRAPHITE • JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • WOVE PAPER