Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Provenance

The artist
Delphine Ingres, née Ramel (1808-1887), the artist's second wife, by descent, 1867
Albert Ramel, her nephew, by descent
Madame Ramel, his wife, by descent
Emmanuel Riant, her son-in-law, by descent
Marquis de Salverte
anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 December 1952, nr. 101, as Virgile lisant l'Enéide devant Alexandre, ou, 'Tu Marcellus eris'
with Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, acquired at the above sale
acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1969
sale (Property of La Salle University) Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018, nr. 31

Other works by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Portrait of Charles Cordier
1811

Odalisque with a Slave
1840

The Vow of Louis XIII
1824

Death of Leonardo da Vinci
1818

Comtesse de Tournon
1812