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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Portrait of Marcotte Genlis, 1852
Graphite, heightened with white chalk, on light brown paper
Signed, inscribed, and dated at lower left, J Ingres Del / 1852; at
lower right in graphite, à son ami / M. Marcotte Genlis.
14 x 11 1/4 inches (355 x 285 mm.)
Thaw Collection
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During the course of his first Roman sojourn,
Ingres met another young Frenchman, Marcotte
d'Argenteuil, and began a lifelong friendship that
was to provide the artist with opportunities for
numerous portraits of the young man's family. At
least twenty-one such portrait drawings are extant,
including this one featuring Marcotte d'Argenteuil's
younger brother, Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph
Marcotte Genlis (1781–1867), a high official of the
French government and patron of the arts. Marcotte
Genlis commissioned several paintings from Ingres,
including Venus Anadyomene and The Source, and at
least two portrait drawings, including the present
sheet. This grandiose effigy was executed in Paris
fifteen years before the death of both the artist and
sitter. As was common in his drawings from the
1850s, Ingres used white chalk highlights on brown
paper to draw the viewer's attention to certain
areas of fabric or light.
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