Madame Moitessier (1851)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Oil on Canvas. French, Neoclassic.
French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century. Part I: Before Impressionism [1800-1859]
When his friend Marcotte first suggested that Ingres paint Ines Moitessier, the wife of a financier and jurist, he demurred. Ingres changed his mind after being struck by her "terrible et belle tête"…