
This small, jewel-like religious painting was made as a gift for Ingres’s friend Louise Marcotte, who introduced the artist to Delphine Ramel, whom he married in 1852....

This small, jewel-like religious painting was made as a gift for Ingres’s friend Louise Marcotte, who introduced the artist to Delphine Ramel, whom he married in 1852....

Wearing a beautifully rendered velvet dress, the Countess of Tournon confronts the viewer with a self-assured gaze full of vivacity and wit. The mother of a high...