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Study of Hands
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres1842
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This sheet of studies was made as a preparatory design for a series of stained glass windows for the Chapel of Saint Ferdinand in Paris. Here, Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres sketched four sets of hands that seem to cascade down the page in one rhythmic motion, masterfully illustrating the beauty of <em>mise en page</em>. In his use of graphite, Ingres alluded to the metalpoint drawings of Raphael, intentionally channeling the Renaissance master.
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- Title: Study of Hands
- Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867)
- Date Created: 1842
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.2 x 23.6 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
- Provenance: Estate of the artist [1780–1867], P.-A. Chéramy [1840–1912], Paris, (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 5–7, 1908, no. 379, presumably sold to Henri Haro), Henri Haro [1855–1911], Paris, (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 3, 1912, no. 149, sold to Paul Jamot), Paul Jamot [1863–1939], Paris, (his sale Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 10, 1943, no. 30), Marc Bernheim, Paris, (Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York), (sale, Christie’s, New York, January 22, 2003, no. 106, sold to Artemis Fine Arts, New York), (Artemis Fine Arts, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.37
- Medium: graphite with traces of white heightening on ivory laid paper
- Inscriptions: inscribed, at bottom left, in pencil: Ste [illegible]; middle right (beneath knuckles), in graphite: Ste Marguerite / d’Ecosse; upper left (beneath foot), in graphite: Clotild; upper left (between toes and wrist), in graphite: Clotild; stamped, at lower right, in black ink: Marc Bernheim [Lugt 3528]; in blue ink: the artist’s studio stamp [Lugt 1477]
- Fun Fact: Ingres executed many studies for each of his stained glass designs, from preliminary sketches such as this one to full-scale cartoons.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2003.37
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