The Valpinçon Bather

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The Valpinçon Bather is a celebrated Neoclassical painting depicting a serene nude woman from behind, renowned for its idealized form, smooth surfaces, and meticulous attention to contour and line.

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The Valpinçon Bather canonical 2
La Baigneuse de Valpinçon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical painting
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Neoclassical treatment of the nude
key early nude by Ingres
artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
artStyleCharacteristic clarity of outline
idealized female form
meticulous contour and line
smooth surfaces
subdued color palette
cataloguedIn Louvre painting catalogues
city Paris
collection Louvre Museum
commissionedBy Valpinçon family
completionDate 1808
country France
countryOfOrigin France
creator Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
creatorBirthName Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
creatorNationality French
depicts female bather
nude woman
genre figure painting
nude painting
hasSubjectPosition seated figure on a bed or couch
height 146 cm
inception 1808
includes decorative textile
drapery
turban-like head covering
influenced later 19th-century depictions of the female nude
languageOfTitle French
location Louvre Museum
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Neoclassicism
movementContext Neoclassicism
surface form: French Neoclassicism
museumAccession Louvre collection of paintings
namedAfter Valpinçon family
orientation portrait format
originalTitle The Valpinçon Bather self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Baigneuse de Valpinçon
period early 19th century
title The Valpinçon Bather self-link
viewpoint back view of a seated nude woman
width 97 cm

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres notableWork The Valpinçon Bather
The Valpinçon Bather title The Valpinçon Bather self-link
The Valpinçon Bather originalTitle The Valpinçon Bather self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Baigneuse de Valpinçon