Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, born on this day in 1780. Read online or download a PDF of the out-of-print exhibition catalogue “Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch” available in MetPublications: http://met.org/17hP0E7 Do you have a favorite work by the artist?

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) | Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie | 1851–53