Edmond Cavé (1794–1852)
Cavé held the high-ranking posts of inspector and director of the fine arts administration during the reign of King Louis-Philippe. Ingres painted this portrait soon after Cavé's marriage in 1844 to Marie-Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger. It was intended as a companion to the picture of Cavé's wife that Ingres had painted a decade earlier (43.85.3). After Ingres consulted Cavé about the dimensions of his wife's likeness, he executed the portrait by transferring a drawing of the sitter (Musée Ingres, Montauban) onto the canvas.
Artwork Details
- Title: Edmond Cavé (1794–1852)
- Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris)
- Date: 1844
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 16 x 12 7/8 in. (40.6 x 32.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
- Object Number: 43.85.2
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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