Ingres (1780–1867) as a Young Man
Artists typically sketched out key components of their compositions onto their canvases in graphite or white chalk as guides before they began to apply oil paint. Self-portraits often depict artists at this moment while their canvas sits ready, propped up on the easel in a clever comment on the creation of the finished self-portrait itself. In 1804 a leading figure of French painting, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, completed a self-portrait, of which this is a faithful copy. Copying was a typical means for painters to hone their skills. In this case, it was executed by an amateur painter, Laurence-Augustine Jubé Héquet, the wife of a composer and collector who owned Ingres’s original for much of the nineteenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ingres (1780–1867) as a Young Man
- Artist: Laurence-Augustine Jubé Héquet (Madame Héquet) (French, Cuneo (Coni) 1803/4–1864 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1850–60
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 34 x 27 1/ 2 in. (86.4 x 69.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
- Object Number: 43.85.1
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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