id: 131783 accession number: 1954.359 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.359 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:32.686000 The Ponte dell'Abbadia at Vulci, first half 19th century. Follower of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867). Graphite; sheet: 15.9 x 23.6 cm (6 1/4 x 9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1954.359 title: The Ponte dell'Abbadia at Vulci title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: first half 19th century creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1849 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: graphite department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) - artist A leading exponent of French neoclassicism and the academic tradition, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born in Montauban in 1780. At the age of ten he began studying art and music in Toulouse. In 1797 he entered the Paris studio of David (q.v.), where he became a favorite pupil and assistant. Barely a year later a dispute prompted Ingres to leave the studio and enroll in the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1801 he won the Prix de Rome, but lack of funds prevented him from departing for Italy until 1806. During fourteen years in Rome and four in Florence, Ingres painted romantic troubadour themes and became an admirer of Raphael. In 1824 he returned to Paris and exhibited at the Salon, where a fierce debate erupted between his supporters and those of Delacroix (q.v.). The controversial Salon of 1824 signaled Ingres's emergence as the leader of the neoclassical movement in France. At that point he effectively assumed the role of his former teacher David, now in exile. In 1833 the French government appointed Ingres vice president of the École des Beaux-Arts and president the following year. In 1834 he accepted the directorship of the French Academy in Rome and spent the next seven years painting and studying antique art in Italy. In 1841 he returned to Paris, where his paintings were greeted with thunderous critical acclaim. A major retrospective at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 confirmed his reputation but also aroused the hostility of young artists opposed to academic rules and conventions. During his later years Ingres continued his bitter rivalry with Delacroix, successfully blocking the latter's admission to the academy until 1857. Ingres died in 1867, leaving behind a circle of followers and a remarkable drawing style that was to inspire later artists, including Degas (q.v.) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). --- measurements: Sheet: 15.9 x 23.6 cm (6 1/4 x 9 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream(3) wove paper, slightly discolored watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: lower right, in graphite: 114 ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: [illegible, partially erased] ; upper left, in graphite: pont antique dans la Sabine ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible, partially erased] geri[ne?] ancien Ingr V[illegible] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter opening date: 1956-03-08T05:00:00 Baron Gros, Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 8-April 15, 1956). title: Exhibition of Works by Ingres opening date: 1961-04-06T05:00:00 Exhibition of Works by Ingres. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (April 6-May 6, 1961). title: Drawings opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). title: French Drawings opening date: 1965-11-16T05:00:00 French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1965-February 16, 1966). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, Views of Rome from the Permanent Collection (to complement the exh. Views of Rome: Watercolors and Drawings from the Vatican Library, held at the CMA Nov. 1, 1988-Jan. 8, 1989), no. 33.', 'opening_date': '1988-11-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, French Drawings (Nov. 10, 1965-Feb. 16, 1966; re-opened Mar. 31, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1965-11-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Gallery List of Drawings" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-01-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Ingres in American Collections (Apr. 7-May 6, 1961), no. 2, illus.', 'opening_date': '1961-04-07T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 21-Feb. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-01-21T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, "installed, Gallery IX" (June 15, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-06-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'CMA, Gros: Painter of Battles: The First Romantic Painter (Mar. 7-Apr. 10, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-03-07T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 1142, lower right, in blue ink: G.C [enclosed in an oval]. [H.M. Calmann] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 596 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n111 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.359/1954.359_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.359/1954.359_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.359/1954.359_full.tif