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La Dormeuse de Naples by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

La Dormeuse de Naples

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1809

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Artist
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Date
1809
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic artClassicismNeoclassicismRomanticism
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

1780–1867 · France

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a French Neoclassical painter, masterfully blended academic tradition with expressive distortions, influencing modernists like Matisse and Picasso.

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Beyond Ingres and Romanticism: works from the same years, and from the other movements La Dormeuse de Naples belongs to.

The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan Same movement · Academic art The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan Eugène Delacroix · 1826 · Art Institute of Chicago Near the Thames’ Lock, Windsor Same era · 1790s–1820s Near the Thames’ Lock, Windsor J. M. W. Turner · 1809 · Tate Head of a Child Same movement · Neoclassicism Head of a Child Jacques-Louis David · 1768 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Napoleon Crossing the Alps Same era · 1790s–1820s Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques-Louis David · 1800 · Musée national de Malmaison et Bois-Préau The Entombment of Christ Same movement · Academic art The Entombment of Christ Caravaggio · 1600 · Pinacoteca Vaticana Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Same era · 1790s–1820s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich · 1818 · Hamburger Kunsthalle Drunkenness of Noah Same movement · Academic art Drunkenness of Noah Michelangelo · 1509 · Sistine Chapel Saturn Devouring His Son Same era · 1790s–1820s Saturn Devouring His Son Francisco Goya · 1820 · Museo del Prado
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