ID: 700008971 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008971	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Madame Moitessier (painting (visual work); Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres; 1856; National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Ki...; NG4821)

Note: Marie-Clotilde-Inès de Foucauld was born in 1821 and married Sigisbert Moitessier, a wealthy banker, in 1842. The portrait is influenced by the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. The pose, with the hand touching the cheek, is derived from an ancient Roman fresco of a goddess, from Herculaneum. This may suggest that for Ingres Madam Moitessier represented the ideal of classical beauty. The National Gallery's 'Portrait of a Lady' by Titian may have inspired him to add the profile in the mirror.

Titles:

Madame Moitessier (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1856

Creator Display:

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres [preferred]

painter Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (French painter and draftsman, 1780-1867) [500028037]

Locations:

Current: National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125190] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: NG4821

Credit Line: Bought, 1936

Address Note: Room C

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 120 x 92.1 cm

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Inès Moitessier (French sitter, born 1821) [500354957]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	half figure [300047469]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Madame Moitessier	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)