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JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES. Dr. François Mêlier

Dr. François Mêlier. Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780-1867 Paris). Dimensions: 12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (32.2 x 25 cm). Date: 1849.
The physician François Mêlier, an eminent figure in the field of public health in the mid-nineteenth century, posed for this masterful portrait. In all likelihood commissioned by Mêlier's family, the drawing was in the collection of his daughter Blanche at the time of Ingres's retrospective exhibition in 1867. The white highlights are probably Ingres's corrections. As the paper darkened over time, they became more prominent.

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Author: JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES (1780-1867)

Title: Dr. François Mêlier

Caption: Dr. François Mêlier. Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780-1867 Paris). Dimensions: 12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (32.2 x 25 cm). Date: 1849. The physician François Mêlier, an eminent figure in the field of public health in the mid-nineteenth century, posed for this masterful portrait. In all likelihood commissioned by Mêlier's family, the drawing was in the collection of his daughter Blanche at the time of Ingres's retrospective exhibition in 1867. The white highlights are probably Ingres's corrections. As the paper darkened over time, they became more prominent.

Technique/material: Graphite with graphite framing lines, corrected with white, on buff wove paper

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3278 × 4094 px | 38.4 MB

Print size: 27.8 × 34.7 cm | 1290.6 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: DRAWINGS • EUROPE • FRANCE • GRAPHITE WITH GRAPHITE FRAMING LINES, CORRECTED WITH WHITE, ON BUFF WOVE PAPER • GRAPHITE • JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • ROBERT LEHMAN COLLECTION • WOVE PAPER