Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1814 · oil on canvas
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About this picture
Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel is a public-domain painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, dated 1814. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel” (1814) 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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