Madame Moitessier

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Madame Moitessier is a celebrated mid-19th-century portrait painting by French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, renowned for its meticulous detail and idealized depiction of bourgeois elegance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
portrait painting
artHistoricalSignificance icon of 19th-century bourgeois portraiture
masterpiece of Ingres’s late portraiture
artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
artisticStyle Neoclassical
collection National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London
commissionContext commissioned by husband, a wealthy banker and merchant
commissionedBy Marie-Clotilde-Inès Moitessier
completionDate 1856
countryOfOrigin France
creationProcess worked on over many years with multiple sittings
creator Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
culturalContext Second Empire of France
surface form: French Second Empire bourgeoisie
depictionCharacteristic ornate interior setting
profile-like pose reflected in mirror
sumptuous dress and jewelry
depictionDetail carefully rendered hands and jewelry
intricate floral patterns on dress
mirror reflecting sitter’s profile
depictionType three-quarter-length seated portrait
depicts French bourgeois woman
Marie-Clotilde-Inès Moitessier
genre portrait
hasSubjectSpouse Paul Sigisbert Moitessier
hasTitleInLanguage Madame Moitessier self-link
hasVersion standing portrait of Madame Moitessier
inception 1840s
influencedBy Renaissance portraiture
classical art
languageOfTitle French
locatedIn London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
location National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London
materialUsed oil paint
movement Neoclassicism
notableFor highly finished surface
idealized depiction of bourgeois elegance
meticulous detail
refined color harmonies
relatedWorkByArtist La Grande Odalisque
Portrait of Madame d’Haussonville
subjectOccupation bourgeois woman
surface canvas
timePeriod mid-19th century

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres notableWork Madame Moitessier
Madame Moitessier hasTitleInLanguage Madame Moitessier self-link