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Princesse de Broglie
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · Rococo & Neoclassicism
- Artist
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
- Date
- 1851–1853
- Dimensions
- 121.3 x 90.8 cm
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Location
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
This portrait shows Pauline de Broglie, a young French aristocrat, leaning on an upholstered chair in a gown of shimmering pale blue satin, wearing gold jewellery and a lace shawl draped over the chair beside her.
A closer look
Ingres spent over two years on the portrait, painting each material with astonishing precision: the cold sheen and crisp folds of the satin, the transparent lace, the damask of the chair, the glitter of the jewels. The princess herself appears calm and reserved, her pale face framed by smooth dark hair, her expression slightly melancholy. Her arms and shoulders are drawn with Ingres's characteristic smooth, elongated line. Pauline was known for her shyness and intelligence; she died of tuberculosis at thirty-five.
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