MASTERS IN ART PLATE IX
INGRES
PORTRAIT OF MADAME DEVAUÇAY
CONDÉ MUSEUM, CHANTILLY
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CIE
MASTERS IN ART PLATE X
INGRES
THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER
LOUVRE, PARIS
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CIE
PORTRAIT OF INGRES BY HIMSELF
UFFIZI GALLERY, FLORENCE
This portrait was painted when Ingres was seventy-five. He has been described at that time as strong and vigorous, short of stature, thick-set, and ill-proportioned. His complexion was sallow, his cheek-bones prominent, his eyes dark and keen, his eyebrows slight and contracted in a frown, his nose seemingly short because of the great length of his upper lip. His hair was short and stiff, and worn parted like a woman's. His appearance, it was said, suggested a retired man of business, or a curate in citizen's clothes, rather than an artist with whom the love of beauty amounted to a passion.