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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
(29th Aug, 1780 - 14th Jan, 1867)
The Apotheosis of Homer
1827
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Thierry Le Mage
palais des beaux-arts de Lille
http://www.pba-lille.fr/
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Homer
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About the artwork
Title:
The Apotheosis of Homer
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
Techniques:
watercolour
Dimensions:
566 x 620
Inventory number:
Inv.Pl.1480
Detail:
painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Location:
palais des beaux-arts de Lille
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The Apotheosis of Homer
is a grand 1827 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, now exhibited at the Louvre as INV 5417. The symmetrical composition depicts Homer being crowned by a winged figure personifying Victory or the Universe. Forty-four additional figures pay homage to the poet in a kind of classical confession of faith.
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About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Also known as:
J.A.D. Ingres
Jean-Dominique Ingres
JAD Ingres
Jean Auguste Ingres
Jean Dominique Auguste Ingres
Jean Ingres
Jean August Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres
J.-A.-D. Ingres
ז׳ן־אוגוסט־דומיניק אנגר
Zhan Ogi︠u︡st Dominik Ėngr
Z'an-Ogusṭ-Dominiḳ Engr
ז׳ן־אוגוסט־דומימניק אנגר
Zhan Ogiust Dominik Engr
Born:
29th Aug, 1780
Dead:
14th Jan, 1867
Country:
France
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
(French:
[ʒɑnoɡyst dominik ɛ̃ɡʁ]
; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy. Ingres was profoundly informed by past artistic traditions, and in his career assumed the role of a guardian of academic…
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