Madame Moitessier | |
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Artist | Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres |
Year | 1856 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 121.3 cm × 90.9 cm (47.8 in × 35.8 in) |
Location | National Gallery, London |
Madame Moitessier is a portrait of Marie-Clotilde-Inès Moitessier (née de Foucauld) begun in 1844 and completed in 1856 by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The portrait, which depicts Madame Moitessier seated, is now in the collection of the National Gallery in London, which acquired it in 1936.[1]
Madame Moitessier is also the title of a second portrait by Ingres, which depicts her standing; it was painted in 1851 and is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.