Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresFrench, 1780–1867The Source
La Source
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Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
The Source (French: La Source, meaning "The Water Source or The Spring") is an oil painting on canvas by French neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The work was begun in Florence around 1820 and not completed until 1856, in Paris. When Ingres completed The Source, he was seventy-six years old, already famous, and president of the École des Beaux-Arts. The pose of the nude may be compared with that of another by Ingres, the Venus Anadyomene (1848), and is a reimagination of the Aphrodite of Cnidus or Venus Pudica. Two of Ingres' students, painters Paul Balze and Alexandre Desgoffe, helped to create the background and water jar.
Particulars
- Accession number
- RF 219
In the catalog
Comings and goings
Whether it is on view today is unknown
Musée d'Orsay · Sep 29, 2026 — now · Unconfirmed
Whether it was on view is unknown
Musée du Louvre · Sep 26, 2026 — Sep 29, 2026 · Unconfirmed
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
