Saint Jerome, after Raphael

Details

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780-1867 Paris)
Saint Jerome, after Raphael
Signed in pen and ink 'Ingres' (lower left) and inscribed by modern hand 'uff' (bottom)
red chalk, watermark 'fleur de lis in a double circle'
12 7/8 x 10 7/8 in/ (32.5 x 27.8 cm)

Provenance

with Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris (Dessin originaux anciens et modernes [...], March 1971, no. 63, ill.), where acquired in 1971.

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Lot Essay

Ingres’ admiration for the ‘divine Raphael’ is well-known, and puts in context this refined drawing, probably made during his first stay in the Eternal City as ‘pensionnaire’ of the Académie de France between 1806 and 1820. It copies Raphael’s celebrated fresco known as the Disputà (Disputation of the Holy Sacrament) in the Vatican Stanze. The drawing stands out among his copies after old masters, which are generally executed in graphite, his favorite medium.

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