The Source

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The Source is a renowned 19th-century neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting a nude female figure personifying a spring or fountain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf neoclassical painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance iconic example of Ingres’s late style
major work of 19th-century French Neoclassicism
artStyle idealized classicism
cataloguedIn Musée d'Orsay
surface form: Musée d'Orsay collection catalogue
collection Musée d'Orsay
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
creatorBirthName Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
creatorNationality French
depicts bare feet
long flowing hair
natural rocky setting
nude female figure
personification of a fountain
personification of a spring
standing female figure
exhibitedAt Paris
genre mythological painting
hasColorPalette muted background tones
warm flesh tones
hasIconography spring emerging from rock
water pouring from a vessel
hasPart drapery at figure’s side
flowing water
water jug
height 163 cm
inception 1856
influencedBy Renaissance art
classical antiquity
languageOfTitle French
location Paris
medium oil on canvas
movement Neoclassicism
notableFor idealized anatomy
refined linear drawing
sensuous yet classical treatment of the nude
originalTitle La Source
subjectHeading allegory of water
female nude
theme fertility and life-giving force
ideal beauty
purity of water
width 80 cm

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