Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
View of Santa Maria Maggiore, ca. 1813–14
Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash
Signed and inscribed in graphite below at center, Ingres à Adele.
7 1/8 x 9 9/16 inches (182 x 243 mm)
Thaw Collection
Like many foreign artists in Rome, Ingres explored
and sketched local monuments, such as St. Peter's
Basilica, the Palazzo Barberini, and Santa Maria
Maggiore. This drawing was likely executed in a
sketchbook that he carried with him to a favorite
vantage point on the Esquiline Hill. He precisely
rendered the church facade, also noting an exiting
procession.
