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picture is a variant of the self-portrait Ingres painted in 1804 and exhibited
at the Salon of 1806. Later, in about 1850, he repainted the 1804 canvas; it is
now at the Musée Condé, Chantilly. Curiously, this painting thought
to be by one of his students, Madame Héquet,
reproduces elements of both the original and the revised portraits. For example,
Madame Héquet's
picture originally showed Ingres's left hand brought to his chest, as in the revised
portrait at Chantilly; later she extended his arm, as in the older version.
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