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

Vénus Anadyomène
1848

Baron Joseph-Pierre Vialètes de Mortarieu
1805-06

Oedipus and the Sphinx
1864

Madame Moitessier
1851

Bonaparte as First Consul
1804