Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Joseph Balze, Paris,
thence by descent to his son, Paul Balze,
thence by inheritance to his brother, Raymond Balze,
thence by descent to his daughter, Mme Alfred-Pierre-Emile Hennet de Goutel, née Anne-Marie Balze,
thence by descent to her daughter, Mme Jean Lacroix de Cariès de Sehilhes, née Marguerite Hennet de Goutel;
Dr. Otto Wertheimer, by 1956, by whom sold in 1967 to
Robert Lehman, New York;
with Colnaghi, London;
with Gallery Kornfeld, Berne;
sale, Bern, Kornfeld & Klipstein, 9-10 June 1976, lot 437

Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Ingres, 1867, no. 321;
Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition centennale de l’art français (1789 à 1889), 1889, no. 330;
Paris, Grand Palais, Exposition centennale de l’art français, 1800 à 1889, 1900, no. 1093;
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Ingres, 1911, no. 135;
Paris, Chambre syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts, Ingres, 1921, no. 101;
Paris, Galerie André Weil, Ingres, 1949, no. 59;
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Lehman Collection, 1959, p. 274;
New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, The Presence of Ingres, Important works by Ingres, Degas, Picasso, Matisse and Balthus, 1988, no. 27

C. Blanc, Ingres, Paris 1870, p. 235;
H. Delaborde, Ingres, Paris 1870, under no. 254;
G. Duplessis, Les portraits dessinés par J.A.D. Ingres, Paris 1896, under no. 2;
P. Leroi, ‘Vingt dessins de Monsieur Ingres’, L'Art, LIX, Paris, 1894-1900, p. 818;
H. Lapauze, Les Dessins de J.A.D. Ingres au Musée de Montauban, Paris 1901, p. 265;
H. Lapauze, Les Portraits dessinés de J.A.D. Ingres, Paris 1903, under no. 3;
L. Flanderin, ‘Deux Disciples d'Ingres: Paul et Raymond Balze’, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, August 1911, p. 141;
La Renaissance de l'Art Français, Paris, May 1921, p. 242, reproduced;
H. Naef, Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.A.D. Ingres, Berne 1980, vol. V, pp.116-117, under no. 311, reproduced;
'Recent Accessions of Canadian and American Museums, April-June 1969', The Art Quarterly, XXXII, 4, Detroit, 1969, p. 440;
Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, exhib. cat., Berlin, 1999, p. 407, reproduced;
The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, exhib. cat., Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, 1999, p. 406, reproduced

Hinge mounted.There are some minor undulations to the edges of the sheet due to the way it is currently hinged to the mount. There is some minor discoloration and surface dirt to the edges of the sheet and two old creases to the left of the sitters face. Otherwise in good condition with the medium fresh throughout. Sold in a modern giltwood frame.
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Madame Joseph Balze, née Marie-Anne-Adélaïde Samat, was married to the Lord Chamberlain to King Charles IV of Spain, and resided in Rome. Following the fall of the French Empire her husband helped Ingres find a number of important commissions in their home city, leading to a life long friendship with the artist.