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Portrait de la comtesse de La Rue
Auction: 02/23/2009 - 2/25/2009
Lot: 78
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres AUCTION RECORDS
1780 Montauban, France - 1867 Paris, France. Known for: Classical history, portrait and figure painting, teaching.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780, the son of a house decorator, painter and sculptor of Montauban, France. At the age of nine he was already turning out drawings of... Read full biography
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780, the son of a house decorator, painter and sculptor of Montauban, France. At the age of nine he was already turning out drawings of astonishing maturity. His father taught him the rudiments of painting and drawing and made him learn the... Read full biography
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780, the son of a house decorator, painter and sculptor of Montauban, France. At the age of nine he was already turning out drawings of astonishing maturity. His father taught him the rudiments of painting and drawing and made him learn the violin. He studied painting under several local instructors at the Academy in Toulouse; he also played the violin in the orchestra there and was for a time tempted to renounce painting in favor of music.... Read full biography
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780, the son of a house decorator, painter and sculptor of Montauban, France. At the age of nine he was already turning out drawings of astonishing maturity. His father taught him the rudiments of painting and drawing and made him learn the violin. He studied painting under several local instructors at the Academy in Toulouse; he also played the violin in the orchestra there and was for a time tempted to renounce painting in favor of music. But his teachers foresaw a successful career for him and encouraged him to follow his artistic bent. He went to Paris at the age of seventeen to study with the great neo-classic painter David, whose style was based on antique art. Ingres rebelled... Read full biography
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780, the son of a house decorator, painter and sculptor of Montauban, France. At the age of nine he was already turning out drawings of astonishing maturity. His father taught him the rudiments of painting and drawing and made him learn the violin. He studied painting under several local instructors at the Academy in Toulouse; he also played the violin in the orchestra there and was for a time tempted to renounce painting in favor of music. But his teachers foresaw a successful career for him and encouraged him to follow his artistic bent. He went to Paris at the age of seventeen to study with the great neo-classic painter David, whose style was based on antique art. Ingres rebelled against David's rigidity. In 1799, Ingres was accepted as a student by the Painting Department of the School of Beau... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeComtesse Charles d'Agoult, née Marie d'Agoult, and her daughter Claire d'Agoult
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Charles-Henri of Bourbon Orleans, Duke of Orleans
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