Madame Moitessier  1851

by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

When his friend Marcotte first suggested that Ingres paint Ines Moitessier, the wife of a financier and jurist, he demurred. Ingres changed his mind after being struck by her "terrible et belle tête" (terrible and beautiful head.) The author Théophile Gautier described her as "Junolike," and Ingres presents her with the imposing remoteness of a Roman goddess. Her stance is...
Size: 
147 x 100 cm (57 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington

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