Madame Désiré Raoul-Rochette
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) · 1830 · graphite on cream wove paper
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Madame Désiré Raoul-Rochette is a CC0 drawing by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867), dated 1830. Graphite on cream wove paper. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Madame Désiré Raoul-Rochette” (1830) is drawn first. Ingres cared more about the precision of the line than about a loose patch of paint.
About the artist
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) was a French painter who defended precise line. His portraits and odalisques are tightly drawn, even when the anatomy is quietly adjusted.
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