Two Studies of Virgil

c. 1812 and c. 1825

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Associated Names
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Artist, French, 1780 - 1867

The image shows a drawing of two figures standing together. One figure is turned slightly to the side with defined facial features and short hair. The other figure stands facing the first, with hair possibly adorned and draped in flowing garments. Both figures are barefoot and there is minimal background detail, highlighting the grace and elegance of the human form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on 5 joined sheets of paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 43.8 x 30.9 cm (17 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.51.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Artist's estate stamp (Lugt 1477); (sale, Saumur, Segeron, 20 November 1988, Paris); purchased (via de Bayser) by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 107.

1993

  • Nine Old Master Drawings: Recent Gifts from the Woodner Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993 (checklist only).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 103.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Inscriptions

center right in graphite: ombres sourdes / et tranchantes; lower right in graphite in vertical direction: ombre demi teinte / calir au bord sourd

Wikidata ID

Q64581108

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