Late in his career, Ingres restricted his portrait production to commissions from only the most elite members of French society. However, he made exceptions for his friends and most intimate associates. Here, he portrayed one of his favorite students, Henri Lehmann, seated in a posture of relaxed confidence.
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Title:Henri Lehmann
Artist:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris)
Sitter:Henri Lehmann (French, Kiel 1814–1882 Paris)
Date:1850
Medium:Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (31.7 x 23.8 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2012
Object Number:2012.150.16
Signature: Signed, dedicated, and dated in graphite at lower left: Ingres Del. - / à son ami et / Eleve Henry / Lehmann / 6 mai / 1850.
Henri Lehmann (French), until his death, 1882; his widow, Mme. Henri Lehmann, née Louise-Alexandrine Casadavant (French), until her death, 1893; her daughter, Mme Antoine-Edmond-Jean Joubert, née Marie-Jeanne-Michel Oppenheimer (French); until her death, 1910; her daughter, Gräfin Françoise de Hautecloque, née Françoise Joubert (French); sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, April 6, 1954, lot 12; Jacques Dubourg, for Fr 460,000; Christen Sveaas Art Collection, 1976; Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, 1990; sold to Wrightsman; Mrs. Charles Wrightsman (American), New York, from 1990
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Charles Blanc Ingres, sa vie et ses ouvrages. Paris, 1870, p. 238.
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Henry Jouin Musée de portraits d'artistes: peintres, sculpteurs, architectes, graveurs, musiciens, artistes dramatiques, amateurs, etc., nés en France ou y ayant vécu. Paris, 1888, 113.
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Berend Harke Feddersen Schleswig-Holsteinisches biographisches Lexikon. Neumünster, 1970, vol. I, p. 182.
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Everett Fahy, Pierre Rosenberg, Elizabeth E. Barker, George R. Goldner et al. The Wrightsman Pictures. New York and New Haven, 2005, cat. no. 90, ill.
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