1816
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mrs. Charles Badham is a 1816 graphite by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman in a fancy dress, standing with one hand resting on a chair. Her hair is pulled back under a lace headpiece, and she wears a high-necked dress with long sleeves. Behind her, a faint cityscape with domes and towers is barely visible. The artist used quick, loose lines to focus on her face and clothes, leaving the background sketchy. This style makes the woman look elegant but also a little blurry, like a quick study. Next, check out Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique to see more of his work.
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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