Detail of Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc, née Françoise Poncelle As he did so often, Ingres took artistic liberties in this portrait. Madame Leblanc's impossibly long neck, pale skin, and enormous eyes endow the sitter with a sense of otherworldly mystery.
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