Title Portraits by Ingres : image of an epoch / edited by Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee ; drawings entries by Hans Naef ; with contributions by Philip Conisbee [and others]

Published New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, [1999] ©1999 ©1999

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Description xii, 596 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm Contents Ingres's portraits and their muses -- Mautauban-Toulouse-Paris, 1780-1806 -- Rome, 1806-1820 -- Florence, 1820-1824 -- Paris, 1824-1834 -- Rome, 1835-1841 -- Paris, 1841-1867 -- The critical reception of Ingres's portraits(1802-1855) -- Ingres and Co.: a master and his collaborators -- Chronology Summary "Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, published in conjunction with an exhibition at The National Gallery, London, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is the first comprehensive study of these nineteenth-century masterpieces." "This volume unites texts by American and European scholars with the most complete visual presentation ever of Ingres's portraits. The biographical essays and the catalogue entries provide fresh insights based on examination and interpretation of original correspondence, contemporary reviews, and newly discovered documents; supplementing these are an introduction that discusses Ingres's sources of inspiration, essays on the critical reception of the portraits and on the artist's use of assistants, and a detailed illustrated chronology."--Jacket Notes Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, Jan. 27-Apr. 25, 1999, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 23-Aug. 22, 1999, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 28, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-585) and index Notes English Subject Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867 -- Exhibitions. Fashion in art. Nobility in art. Painting, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Portrait painting -- France -- 19th century. Portrait painting, French -- Exhibitions. Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. Author Conisbee, Philip. Naef, Hans, 1920- Tinterow, Gary. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) National Gallery (Great Britain) National Gallery of Art (U.S.) LC no. 98048508 ISBN 0300086539 0810965364 0870998900 0870998919 9780300086539 9780810965362 9780870998904 9780870998911

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