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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Portrait of Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie, 1816
Graphite
Signed, inscribed, and dated in graphite at lower left, Ingres Del / a Rome / 1816.
8 1/4 x 6 7/16 inches (210 x 164 mm)
Bequest of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan, 1998; 1998.20
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Lord Glenbervie was born in Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, in 1743 and was trained in both medicine
and law before settling upon a career in politics. He
arrived in Rome in November 1816, on a grand tour
with his wife and son. His published memoirs make
reference to visiting "all the principal palaces and
villas ... with their galleries of pictures and marbles."
While he does not mention meeting the famous
portrait artist, it is known that Lord Glenbervie
was one of the first British sitters Ingres portrayed
during his initial Roman period. Here he self-
consciously sits with his left arm resting stiffly upon
the chair. Particularly striking are his soft, fleshy
jowls created by the fine cross-hatching of graphite,
juxtaposed with the dark, angular lines of his
frilled jabot.
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