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| Edmond Cavé (1794–1852) |
Artist:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris)
Date:1844
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:16 x 12 7/8 in. (40.6 x 32.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943
Accession Number:43.85.2
Cavé held the high-ranking posts of inspector and director of the fine arts administration during the reign of King Louis-Philippe. Ingres painted this portrait soon after Cavé's marriage in 1844 to Marie-Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger. It was intended as a companion to the picture of Cavé's wife that Ingres had painted a decade earlier (43.85.3). After Ingres consulted Cavé about the dimensions of his wife's likeness, he executed the portrait by transferring a drawing of the sitter (Musée Ingres, Montauban) onto the canvas.
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