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Jean-Antoine-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Jean-Antoine-Dominique Ingres, French painter, was born in Montauban in 1780 and went to Paris to study in the studio of David. He won the prix de Rome in 1802. Returning to Paris in 1820, he was appointed professor at the Académie and in 1834 was made director of the French Academy in Rome. He established an enviable reputation and was made a member of the Legion of Honor and a senator in 1862. He died in Paris in 1867.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.848