1780-1867
Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. He always considered himself to be a painter of history following the tradition of Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, but in later years it was as a portrait painter that he was chiefly remembered.
Princesse Albert de Broglie
1853
Oil on Canvas
106 cm x 87 cm
This masterpiece was painted toward the end of Ingres' life when his reputation as a portraitist of prominent citizens and aristocrats had been long established. Pauline was stricken with tuberculosis soon after completion of the portrait, leaving five sons and a grieving husband.
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