Past Exhibition

Ingres in Rome

This drawing features a seated woman, her body turned to the right and her head facing us. Her hands are in her lap, holding an object resembling a book. The woman has dark curly hair styled under a lace-adorned bonnet. She has deep-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and a small mouth. The woman's face and neck are drawn in detail, but her clothes and accessories are roughly sketched. She wears a dark dress under a shawl with patterns and tassels that covers her shoulders and arms. In the background, there is a faint sketch of a scene with architectural structures, including an obelisk and steps leading to a building with domes or towers.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Mrs. Charles Badham, 1816, graphite on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.20

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    Ground Floor, Central Gallery (4,000 sq. ft.)
This drawing features a seated woman, her body turned to the right and her head facing us. Her hands are in her lap, holding an object resembling a book. The woman has dark curly hair styled under a lace-adorned bonnet. She has deep-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and a small mouth. The woman's face and neck are drawn in detail, but her clothes and accessories are roughly sketched. She wears a dark dress under a shawl with patterns and tassels that covers her shoulders and arms. In the background, there is a faint sketch of a scene with architectural structures, including an obelisk and steps leading to a building with domes or towers.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Mrs. Charles Badham, 1816, graphite on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.20

Overview: 3 circular paintings and 140 architectural studies, landscapes, and views of Rome and its surroundings were on view, created by Ingres during a youthful stay in Italy. In addition, 8 portrait drawings were borrowed from American collections.

Organization: At the request of the International Exhibitions Foundation, Hans Naef of Zurich, an authority on Ingres, organized the exhibition and wrote the catalogue. Gaillard Ravenel designed the exhibition for the National Gallery.

Attendance: 36,767

Catalog: Ingres in Rome: A Loan Exhibition from the Musée Ingres, Montaubon and American Collectors, by Hans Naef. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1971.

Other Venues:

  • Wildenstein and Company, New York (a benefit for the Musée Ingres)
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

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