Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1809 · graphite on wove paper
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About this picture
Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin is a public-domain drawing by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, dated 1809. Graphite on wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Auguste-Jean-Marie Guénepin” (1809) 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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