The Valpinçon Bather
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1808
The story
The Valpinçon Bather (Fr: La Grande Baigneuse) is an 1808 painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), held in the Louvre since 1879. Painted while the artist was studying at the French Academy in Rome, it was originally titled Seated Woman but later became known after one of its nineteenth-century owners.
- Artist
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Date
- 1808
- Collection
- Louvre, Paris, France
- Movement
- Neoclassical painting
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 146 × 97.5 cm
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