Hippolyte-François Devillers
- Artist
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- Date
- 1811
- Style
- Neoclassicism
- Genre
- Portrait
The 'Hippolyte-François Devillers' painting, a striking portrait, is the work of renowned French neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. An exemplification of sublime Neoclassicism, this painting skillfully merges elements of romanticism and orientalism, betraying Ingres' rivalry with Eugène Delacroix. Rendered meticulously on canvas using oil, the result is an impressive show of Ingres' legacy as a portraitist. Notably, his innovative distortions of form and space within this portrait portray him as an influencer of modern art, and made him a significant predecessor of modernists like Picasso and Matisse.
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