Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch

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This magnificent book on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, is by far the most important piece of scholarship to date on this renowned French portraitist. The chapters are insightful and thoroughly researched with primary and secondary source references. The reproduction quality of the plates is outstanding and no expense has been spared to give the reader not only a stunning work of art in terms of font, paper and binding; but also a deep insight into the life of this important artist of the Romantic Movement. I would highly recommend this priceless collaboration between the Metropolitan Museum of Art-New York, The National Gallery-London and The National Gallery of Art-Washington D.C. to anyone. Although I prefer hardbound monographs, it is equally pleasing aesthetically in paperback.

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