Henri Labrouste

1852

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Associated Names
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Artist, French, 1780 - 1867

The image shows a drawing of a man seated in a chair. He is facing slightly to the side, with his hand supporting his head. The man has distinct facial features, including deep-set eyes and a high forehead, with short, possibly combed back hair. He is dressed in a suit with a tie or scarf, and a coat with vertical seams. The chair has patterned upholstery. The background is plain, emphasizing the portrait's subject.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31 x 23.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.47.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Naef c.1977, no. 426


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Labrouste [d. 1875], Fontainbleau; by inheritance to his daughter, Madame Frédéric Simon, née Anne-Marie-Julie Labrouste (living in Versailles until 1926); (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14 June 1946, no. 8); purchased by (Gallery Wildenstein, New York); purchased 1950 by T. Edward Hanley [1895-1969], Bradford, Pennsylvania; purchased 1968 by (E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York); purchased 1969 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1867

  • Ingres, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1867, no. 363.

1881

  • Exposition de l'art rétrospectif, Palais de Versailles, Versailles, 1881, no. 1441.

1949

  • Ingres, Galerie André Weil, Paris, 1949, no. 63.

1957

  • The T. Edward Hanley Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1957, 2.

1960

  • The T. Edward Hanley Collection, Drawings, Watercolors, Prints, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1960, no. 83.

1961

  • Paintings and Drawings from the Hanley Collection, Gallery Wildenstein, New York, and Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1962, no. 78, repr. 35.

1967

  • Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, Gallery of Modern Art, New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Denver Art Museum, 1967-1968, 63.

1999

  • Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, The National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999-2000, no. 157, repro., as Pierre-François-Henri Labrouste (shown only in Washington & New York).

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000, 206.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1870

  • Delaborde, Henri. Ingres. Paris, 1870, no. 339.

  • Blanc, Charles. Ingres, sa vie et ses ouvrages. Paris, 1870: 237.

1873

  • Lambert-Lassus. "Correspondance de M. Lassus avec M. Ingres au sujet du portrait de M. Labrouste," Nouvelles Archives de l'art français (1873): 444-453.

1879

  • Millet, Eugene. "Notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de Pierre-François-Henry Labrouste." Bulletin de la Société centrale des architectes (1879-1880): 13.

1888

  • Jouin, Henry. Musée de portraits d'artistes. Paris, 1888: 103.

1901

  • Lapauze, Henry. Les dessins de Ingres du Musée de Montauban. Paris, 1901: 266.

1911

  • Lapauze, Henry. Ingres. Paris, 1911: 463, repro. 443.

1920

  • Vollard, Ambroise. Auguste Renoir. Paris, 1920: 239-240(?).

1928

  • Souvenirs d'Henry Labrouste, notes recueilles et classées par ses enfants. n.p., 1928: 31.

1933

  • Alaux, Jean-Paul. Académie de France à Rome. Vol. 2. Paris, 1933: 118.

1938

  • Vollard, Ambroise. En écoutant Cézanne, Degas, Renoir. Paris, 1938: 274(?).

1950

  • Alazard, Jean. Ingres at l'Ingrisme. Paris, 1950: 107.

1951

  • Les grands créateurs de Paris. Exh. cat. Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 1951: under no. 409.

1953

  • Labrouste. Exh. cat. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1953: 9, under nos. 129, 130, 150.

1954

  • Weigert, Roger-Armand. "M. Ingres, une lettre inédite." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français. 1954, Paris, 1955: 230-231.

1962

  • "The Hanley Collection." Art International. (February 1962): repr. 49.

1977

  • Naef, Hans. Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.-A.-D. Ingres. 5 vols. Bern: Benteli Verlag, c.1977-1980.

1995

  • National Gallery of Art Annual Report, 1995, 67.

1999

  • Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch. Exh. cat. The National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999-2000: no. 157.

2009

  • Taylor, Michael R., ed. Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art and elsewhere. Philadelphia, 2009: fig. 106.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: à Messieurs / les Eleves de / Monsieur Labrouste / architecte. / Ingres Del / 1852

Wikidata ID

Q64581112

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