3-043-996 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Madame Moitessier, 1851. Additional Info: Inès Moitessier pose for this portrait. Both a realist and a classicist, Ingres gave his sitter cool, idealized features recalling the smooth, balanced proportions of ancient marble sculpture. In contrast to the detail of her expressionless face, he broadly indicated the hair's abstract shape and lightly sketched in the outlines of the surrounding flowers with reminder notes of appropriate colors.