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comte (later marquis) de Pastoret (1791–1857) first rose to prominence as
a promising young bureaucrat during the Empire. His attachment to Napoleon did
not prevent him from rallying to the Bourbons in 1814, however, and he was rewarded
for this abrupt change of allegiance with a string of prestigious posts during
the Restoration. In 1852, Pastoret was named a Senator by Napoleon III. It is
not known when he and Ingres met—perhaps as early as 1809, in Rome—but
they had a long professional and personal relationship, documented in their abundant
correspondence. At the time of his death, Pastoret had collected no fewer than
seven works by Ingres, and would have had more, if the painter had been able to
fulfill all of his eager patron's requests.
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
Amédée-David, Comte de Pastoret, 1826
Oil on canvas;
40 1/2 x 32 7/8 in. (103 x 83.5 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago
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of Dorothy Eckhart Williams, Robert Allerton, Bertha E. Brown, and Major Acquisitions
endowments (1971.452)
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