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Title:Study for the Portrait of Louis-François Bertin (1766–1841)
Artist:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris)
Date:n.d.
Medium:Black chalk and graphite
Dimensions:13 3/4 x 13 9/16 in. (34.9 x 34.5 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
Object Number:43.85.4
Signature: Graphite, lower left: "Ing"
Marking: Stamped in blue-green ink lower right: the mark of Delphine Ramel, the second wife of the artist (Lugt 1477).
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French); Albert Ramel
Chambre Syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts. "Exposition Ingres," May 8, 1921–June 5, 1921.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art Treasures of the Metropolitan," November 7, 1952–September 7, 1953.
Musée de l'Orangerie. "De David à Toulouse-Lautrec : Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines," April 20, 1955–July 5, 1955.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," July 29–October 21, 1996.
Washington. National Gallery of Art. "Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch," May 23–August 22, 1999.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch," October 5, 1999–January 2, 2000.
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Henri Lapauze Exposition Ingres. Exh. cat., Paris, Chambre Syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts, May 8-June 5, 1921. Paris, 1921, cat. no. 140, p. 44.
M. D. Zabel "Ingres in America." The Arts. vol. 16, February 1930, p. 375, ill.
Louise Burroughs "Drawings by Ingres." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. vol. 4, New York, February 1946, pp. 156-57, ill.
Hans Tietze European Master Drawings in the United States. J. J. Augustin, New York, 1947, cat. no. 125, pp. 250-51, ill.
Jean Alazard Ingres et l'Ingrisme. Paris, 1950, fig. no. pl. LXII, ill.
"The Picture Galley and the Print Room." A Report to the Trustees on the Buildings and Growth of the Collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.s. vol. 8, no. 10, New York, June 1950, p. 301, ill.
Art Treasures of the Metropolitan: A Selection from the European and Asiatic Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1952, cat. no. 68, pp. 74, 223, ill.
De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-D'Oeuvre des Collections Américaines Exh. cat., 20 April - 5 June. Musée de l'Orangerie , Paris, Paris, 1955, cat. no. 82, fig. no. pl. 16.
"MMA Bulletin" French Drawings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 17, no. 6, New York, February 1959, p. 167, ill.
Jacob Bean 100 European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1964, cat. no. 65, fig. no. 65, ill.
G. R. Swenson "Heroic Immolation." in Art and Artists. August,. August 1966, p. 69.
Maurice Sérullaz "Ingres déssinateur" La Revue du Louvre. nos. 4-5, 1967, p. 213.
Arts Council of Great Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum Berlioz and the Romantic Imagination Exh. cat. London, October 17-December 14, 1969, cat. no. 296, fig. no. pl. 296, p. 98, ill.
Linda Boyer Gillies, Colta Ives, Jacob Bean Classicism and Romanticism: French Drawings and Prints, 1800-1860. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, cat. no. 50, p. 9.
Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, cat. no. 53, ill.
Theodore Reff Degas: The Artist's Mind Ex. cat. New York, 1976, fig. no. 27, p. 51.
Hans Naef Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.-A.-D. Ingres. 4 vols., Bern, 1977-1980, cat. no. 339.
Hélène Toussaint Les Portraits d'Ingres. Paris, 1985, cat. no. XIII 4, p. 77, ill.
Ann Dumas, Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein, Gary Tinterow The Private Collection of Edgar Degas. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, fig. no. 187, p. 146, ill.
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