Head of Saint John the Evangelist, Oil on canvas, laid down on wood, 15 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (39.4 x 27 cm), Paintings, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris), This is a study for an altarpiece, Christ Delivering the Keys to Saint Peter, commissioned in 1817 for Santissima Trinità dei Monti, Rome, and completed in 1820 (now Musée Ingres, Montauban). Ingres based the composition on Raphael’s tapestry design of the same theme and developed it in eight oil studies (including this one) and more than seventy drawings
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Head, Saint John, Evangelist, Oil, canvas, laid down, wood, 15 1/2 x 10 5/8, 39.4 27 cm, Paintings, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French, Montauban, 1780–1867, Paris, study, altarpiece, Christ Delivering, Keys, Peter, commissioned, 1817, Santissima Trinità dei, Monti, Rome, completed, 1820, now Musée, Ingres, Ingres based, composition, Raphael, tapestry, design, theme, developed, eight oil, studies, seventy drawings
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