Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch

Published to accompany an international exhibition, this is a study of the portraits by the French painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. They were created over the first seven decades of the 19th century and were described by a critic in 1855 as the most faithful image of our epoch. The book brings together a wide range of original-source materials, including letters, critical reviews, biographical documents and photographs. The major portraits are discussed and reproduced, and more than 100 portrait drawings and many preparatory studies are also included.

• Author
• Phillip Conisbee, Gary Tinterow

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 596

• Publisher
• Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780300086539

• Genres
• art

• Release date
• 1999