Dr. François Mêlier, 1849, Graphite with graphite framing lines, corrected with white, on buff wove paper, 12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (32.2 x 25 cm), Drawings, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris), The physician François Mêlier, an eminent figure in the field of public health in the mid-nineteenth century, posed for this masterful portrait. In all likelihood commissioned by Mêlier’s family, the drawing was in the collection of his daughter Blanche at the time of Ingres’s retrospective exhibition in 1867
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Dr, François Mêlier, 1849, Graphite, graphite framing lines, corrected, white, buff wove paper, 12 11/16 x 9 3/4, 32.2 25 cm, Drawings, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French, Montauban, 1780–1867, Paris, physician, François, Mêlier, eminent figure, field, public health, mid-nineteenth century, posed, masterful portrait, likelihood commissioned, family, drawing, collection, daughter Blanche, time, Ingres, retrospective, exhibition, 1867
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