Two Studies of Virgil, c. 1812 and c. 1825

Not on View

Medium

graphite on 5 joined sheets of paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Woodner Collection

Accession Number

1993.51.8

Artists / Makers

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (artist) French, 1780 - 1867

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Woodner Family Collection, Inc., Ian, The
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Ian

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.

Bibliography

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