Ursin-Jules Vatinelle (1798–1881)
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
7 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.3 x 14 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
Accession Number
43.85.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the refined world of Neoclassical portraiture, Jean Auguste Dominique In captures the poised likeness of Ursin-J Vatinelle (1798–1881) in this intimate graphite drawing from 182. At just 7 3/16 x 5 1/2 inches, the work exemplifies Ingres' mastery of preparatory sketches and standalone portraits, created during his productive years in Italy. Vatinelle, a young in his early twenties, gazes directly at the viewer, his features rendered with Ingres' signature precision and elegance. Ingres, a leading figure of French Neoclassicism and rival to the Romantic movement, favored graphite for its su...
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...