General Louis-Étienne Dulong de Rosnay
Medium
Graphite (hard and soft pencils) on wove paper with slightly browned edges
Dimensions
sheet: 17 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (45.1 x 34.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2012
Accession Number
2012.150.9
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About this artwork
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres created this portrait of General Louis-Étienne Dulong de Rosnay in 1818 during the artist's Roman period. Executed in graphite on wove paper and measuring 45.1 by 34.3 centimeters, the drawing exemplifies Ingres's unparalleled mastery of portrait draftsmanship. The work is signed and dated at lower left: "Ingres Deli. rom. 1818." This portrait stands exceptional among Ingres's portrait drawings for its detailed rendering of the sitter's military dress and accessori...
About the Artist
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1780–1867
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born on 29 August 1780 in Montauban, in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of southern France, into a family with deep artistic and musical connections — his father was a painter, sculptor, and musician. He showed exceptional promise from childhood, enrolling at the Académie Royale in Toulouse where he studied under the sculptor Jean-Pierre Vigan, the landscape painter Je...