Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
3 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.5 × 9.6 cm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Maria Reinis, in memory of Joseph G. Reinis, 2015
Accession Number
2015.762.2
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Art Historical Context
This exquisite bronze plaquette, created in 1826 by the renowned French sculptor Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, captures the profile of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (0–1867), one of the era's leading Neoclassical painters. just 3¾ × 3¾ inches, it exemplifies the intimate art of medals and plaquettes—a tradition rooted in the Renaissance but revitalized in 19th-century France for commemorating luminaries. David d'Angers, a master of Romantic sculpture, produced hundreds of such portraits, blending precise classical lines with subtle emotional depth to honor intellectuals, artists, and statesmen. ...
About the Artist
Pierre Jean David d'Angers · 1788–1856
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, born on March 12, 1788, in Angers, France, to a wood carver and ornamental sculptor father who had fought in the Republican army, began his artistic training locally under Marchand and Jean-Jacques Delusse at the École centrale d'Angers from 1806 to 1807. In 1808, he arrived in Paris with scant funds and entered the studio of Philippe-Laurent Roland, later working under...