DrawingsFrench19th century

The Bather

1808

Artists

Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite, squared in graphite, on white wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34 x 22.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.) frame: 62.2 x 48.4 cm (24 1/2 x 19 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Mme Delphine Ingres, née Ramel, the artist's widow; her nephew Albert Ramel; his widow Mme Ramel (d. 1928); her heirs; acquired from them through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, January 3, 1929 ($57,000 for cat. nos. 50 and 81); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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