1825
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Four Magistrates of Besançon (Quatre magistrats de Besançon) is a 1825 ink by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows four men sitting on a platform, wearing old-fashioned clothes. They're all looking serious. The man on the left is holding a piece of paper. The one on the right has his hand on his hip. There are two other men in the middle. They're all sitting on chairs with fancy designs. The background is a bit blurry, but it looks like a room with a high ceiling. The men are all dressed up, so they might be important people. They seem to be having a serious conversation. The painting is done in a style that makes it look old and fancy. If you like this painting, you might also like other works by Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic…
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