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Ingres's
return to Paris from Rome in the spring of 1841 was feted by King Louis-Philippe.
The artist was further honored when the heir to the French throne, the duc d'Orléans
(1810–1842), commissioned his portrait. (The prince already owned two of
Ingres's paintings: Antiochus and Stratonice [Musée Condé, Chantilly]
and Oedipus and the Sphinx [Musée du Louvre, Paris].) Ingres ultimately
depicted the prince in the uniform of a lieutenant general, with his decorations,
sword, and bicorne, but placed him in a civilian setting, standing in his salon
at the Palais des Tuileries. The portrait was delivered to the Tuileries on May
6, 1842. Two months later, on July 13, the prince was killed in a carriage accident.
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Charles-Henri, Duc d'Orléans,
1842
Oil on canvas; 62 1/4 x 48 in. (158 x 122 cm)
Private collection,
Courtesy Paul Z. Josefowitz
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