Self-portrait (46 years old)
Jacques-Louis David
1794
Housed at the Louvre, Paris, France
Happy birthday to Jacques-Louis David. Supporter of the French Revolution, First Painter to Napoleon, and (to me) lookin’ handsome and slightly Robert Downey Jr.-esque in his self portrait.
La Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1814
Calling on previous works by Titian, Giorgione, and David, Ingres’ 1814 painting portrays a lazing, nude odalisque (assistant to, or chambermaid for, a concubine in a harem), donned only in a turban. Though exhibited in the Salon in 1819, the painting wasn’t regarded favorably until subsequent showings in 1846 and 1855. Of interest to art historians is the deliberate addition of five additional vertebrae, thus distorting and elongating the lower back of the woman.
Self-portrait (24 years old)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
c. 1904
Happy birthday, Ingres!
Ivory booklet with
- carved scenes of the Passion
- painted images
- wax tablets
France, early 14th century
Currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
More info: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1982.60.399
(via why i oughta)
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