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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- The architect Guillaume Edouard Allais
- Black chalk, heightened with white, within a drawn oval;
signed and dated, lower left, at edge of drawn oval: Ingres delivit Roma 1814 and inscribed with the name of the sitter, lower center: MR ALAIS ARCHITECTE; bears faint additional signature and date, lower right: Ingres Ao 1814
Provenance
Probably in the collection of the sitter, died 1826;
Henri Lehmann,
sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 2-3 March 1883, lot 200;
Albert Goupil, Paris, in 1885, but not in his sale in 1888;
Gustave Boulanger,
sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14-16 March 1889, lot 309;
Edmond de Grimberghe, by 1911;
Jean-Gabriel Domergue, by 1921,
his widow, née Odette Maugendre, Cannes;
with Galerie du Carlton, Cannes, from whom bought in 1965 by Samuel J. Moskowitz
Henri Lehmann,
sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 2-3 March 1883, lot 200;
Albert Goupil, Paris, in 1885, but not in his sale in 1888;
Gustave Boulanger,
sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14-16 March 1889, lot 309;
Edmond de Grimberghe, by 1911;
Jean-Gabriel Domergue, by 1921,
his widow, née Odette Maugendre, Cannes;
with Galerie du Carlton, Cannes, from whom bought in 1965 by Samuel J. Moskowitz
Exhibited
Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Dessins de l'école moderne, 1884, no. 398;
Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Ingres, 1911, no. 88;
Paris, Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux -Arts, Ingres, 1921, no. 70;
Paris, Galerie Jacques Seligman, Portraits par Ingres et ses élèves, 1934, no. 18;
Paris, Galerie Marcel Guiot, Le portrait dessiné au xixe siècle, 1937, no. 9;
Paris, Galerie André Weil, Ingres, 1949, no. 34;
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, et al., L'Italia vista dai pittori francesi del XVIII e XIX secolo, 1961, no. 187
Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Ingres, 1911, no. 88;
Paris, Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux -Arts, Ingres, 1921, no. 70;
Paris, Galerie Jacques Seligman, Portraits par Ingres et ses élèves, 1934, no. 18;
Paris, Galerie Marcel Guiot, Le portrait dessiné au xixe siècle, 1937, no. 9;
Paris, Galerie André Weil, Ingres, 1949, no. 34;
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, et al., L'Italia vista dai pittori francesi del XVIII e XIX secolo, 1961, no. 187
Literature
Emile Molinier, 'La collection Albert Goupil', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1 May 1885, p. 388;
Henry Jouin, Musée de portraits d'artistes, Paris 1888, p. 2;
Henry Lapauze, Ingres, Paris 1911, reproduced p. 136;
sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 February 1939, under lot 42;
Daniel Ternois, Les dessins d'Ingres au Musée de Montauban, les portraits, Inventaire générale des dessins des musées de province, III, Paris 1959, under no. 4;
Hans Naef, Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.-A.-D. Ingres, Bern 1977, vol. I, pp. 428-430; vol. IV, p. 224, no. 123, reproduced
Henry Jouin, Musée de portraits d'artistes, Paris 1888, p. 2;
Henry Lapauze, Ingres, Paris 1911, reproduced p. 136;
sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 February 1939, under lot 42;
Daniel Ternois, Les dessins d'Ingres au Musée de Montauban, les portraits, Inventaire générale des dessins des musées de province, III, Paris 1959, under no. 4;
Hans Naef, Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.-A.-D. Ingres, Bern 1977, vol. I, pp. 428-430; vol. IV, p. 224, no. 123, reproduced
Condition
Hinged to mount at four places towards top. Paper rather discoloured. Some light brown stains towards upper left. Sold in a modern gilded frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Although he was the Secretary of the French Academy in Rome from 1807, surprisingly little is known about Allais. He appears to have been born in Rouen in 1760 and obtained his position at the Academy in Rome because of his friendship with Guillon Lethière who was the Director. He is recorded as being a modest man and he lived at the Villa Medici until his death in 1826.
Here Ingres draws a man he would have known well in the artistic community in Rome. Allais' face is described with great subtlety, his sparse hair with more energetic strokes, and his torso clearly and succinctly indicated in a manner characteristic of many of Ingres' portrait drawings. He also made a very charming chalk sketch of Allais, full length, seen from the side, wearing a long coat, circa 1806-10.1
Naef points out that this drawing has belonged to many artists, beginning with Lehmann who was a pupil of Ingres and then Boulanger, Edmond de Grimberghe, and Jean-Gabriel Domergue.
1. Montauban, Musée Ingres, see Naef, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 429, fig. 2
Here Ingres draws a man he would have known well in the artistic community in Rome. Allais' face is described with great subtlety, his sparse hair with more energetic strokes, and his torso clearly and succinctly indicated in a manner characteristic of many of Ingres' portrait drawings. He also made a very charming chalk sketch of Allais, full length, seen from the side, wearing a long coat, circa 1806-10.1
Naef points out that this drawing has belonged to many artists, beginning with Lehmann who was a pupil of Ingres and then Boulanger, Edmond de Grimberghe, and Jean-Gabriel Domergue.
1. Montauban, Musée Ingres, see Naef, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 429, fig. 2