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The image depicts a person from the waist up, in a seated or relaxed standing position. The person is holding a book in their left hand. They have a rounded face, defined eyes, and wavy hair styled above their forehead. They are dressed in a coat with a high collar and large buttons. In the background, there is a faint architectural structure resembling a building with columns and windows. The sketch is done in soft pencil, giving it a delicate and unfinished quality.
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The image depicts a person from the waist up, in a seated or relaxed standing position. The person is holding a book in their left hand. They have a rounded face, defined eyes, and wavy hair styled above their forehead. They are dressed in a coat with a high collar and large buttons. In the background, there is a faint architectural structure resembling a building with columns and windows. The sketch is done in soft pencil, giving it a delicate and unfinished quality.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Date
1809
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 17.8 cm (9 x 7 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1978.9.1
Credit line
Gift of Peter Josten
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • male
  • portrait
  • Neoclassic
  • Architect
  • Guenepin, Auguste-Jean-Marie
Provenance

(Paul Drey Gallery, New York), until 1961; Peter Josten, New York; gift to the National Gallery, 1978.

Inscription

lower left: 1809.

NGA object ID 56589. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.