Study for Raphael and the Fornarina
- Artist
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- Style
- Neoclassicism
- Genre
- Portrait
"Study for Raphael and the Fornarina" is a powerful work by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a prominent figure in the Neoclassicism movement. Painted in Italy in 1813, it uses oil on canvas to depict the artist Raphael in his studio, with his mistress La Fornarina. Ingres uses Raphael's dual gaze - at both his mistress and a portrait of her - to illustrate his subject's struggle between personal and professional passion. The study likely involved preliminary sketches, possibly in graphite on paper, to work out composition and details, such as La Fornarina's satisfied and owning gaze at the viewer.
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