Detail of Madame Paul-Sigisbert Moitessier, née Marie-Clotilde-Inès de Foucauld, Standing Ingres and Madame Moitessier looked through her jewel chest together to find appropriate adornments for her portrait. The gold ring with blue enamel and diamonds on her pinkie—perhaps an engagement ring—is the only jewel that reappears in Ingres's portrait of her seated.
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