Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Portrait of Jenny DELAVALETTE(?)
| Date | 1817 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | pencil on paper |
| Size（cm） | 16.1 x 11.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated upper left: jngres. del. / Roma 1817. |
| Standard ref. | Naef 202 |
| Category | Drawings |
| Collection Number | D.1979-0001 |
This drawing is known to have been done by Ingres, a representative artist of France in the early 19th century, in Rome in 1817. Although he did not favour portraits, from which he believed there was not much to gain considering they were time-consuming, throughout his lifetime, Ingres constantly received commissions to create portraits. Not only did he work in oil but there are also many portraits he did in drawing. The finest examples are those demonstrating his exquisite technique in pencil, which were executed during his first stay in Rome, among which this work belongs. The model is considered to be Jenny Delavalette, but details of this woman remain unknown. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Mme [?] de Nozan? (unbekannt); Geschenk von Mme [?] de Nozan an Romain Caze? (siehe die Anschrift auf der ehemaligen Montage); Romain Caze (gestorben in Saint-Gaudens 1881); Spätestens 1903 im Besitz von Mme Marcel Dieulafoy, geborener Jane Magre (gestorben in Pompertuzat 1916); Marcel Dieulafoy (Witwer der Vorigen, kinderlos gestorben in Paris 1920); Spätestens 1963 in der Galerie Bernard Lorenceau, Paris; Spätestens 1964 in der Galerie Hector Brame, Paris; Spätestens 1968 in der Galerie Faerber & Maison, London; Anschließend spätestens 1968 in der Galerie Paul Rosenberg, New York; Auktion Norton Simon, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7-8 May 1971, Nr. 211, Abb. (<Madame de Lavalette, previously Madame de Nozan>; Dr. Claus Virch; R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California, by which sold to the NMWA, 1980.
Exhibition History
- 1911
- Exposition Ingres, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 26 April 1911 - 14 May 1911, cat. no. 108 (as "Mne. de Nozan")
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1999, cat. no. 5
- 2001
- French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 March 2001 - 24 June 2001
- 2017
- Théodore Chassériau: parfum exotique, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 28 February 2017 - 28 May 2017, cat. no. 50.
Bibliography
- 1903
- Lapauze, H.. Les portraits dessinés de J.A.D. Ingres. Paris, 1903, no. 96, repr.
- 1911
- Lapauze, H.. Ingres. Paris, 1911, p. 168, fig.S.
- 1965
- Naef, Hans. Ingres und die Familien Thénin und Taurel. Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek. XVI, 1965, no. 7, fig. 7 (as "Madame Jenny de Lavalette?")
- 1971
- Art at auction. The year at Sotheby's & Parke-Bernet 1970-71. London, 1971, p.79, fig.13.
- 1977
- Naef, Hans. Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.-A.-D. Ingres. vol. IV, Bern, 1977, pp. 376-[377], no. 202, repr.
- 1981
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 14 (1979), 1981, New Acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 20-21, repr.
- 1989
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), p. 55, cat.no. 47.
- 2017
- Théodore Chassériau: Parfum Exotique (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo, eds. Tokyo, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, 2017, pp. 142, 255, cat. no. 50, repr.