Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Elisabeth Blavot, ca. 1806–1883)
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · ca. 1831–34 · Oil on canvas
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About this picture
Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Elisabeth Blavot, ca. 1806–1883) is a public-domain painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, dated ca. 1831–34. Oil on canvas. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Elisabeth Blavot, ca. 1806–1883)” (ca. 1831–34) 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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