Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresFrankrijk, 1780–1867Oedipe explique l'énigme du sphinx
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is a painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Originally a student work painted in 1808, it was enlarged and completed in 1827. The painting depicts Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx. An oil painting on canvas, it measures 189 x 144 cm, and is in the Louvre, which acquired it in 1878.
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- RF 218
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In het leven van Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Het hele leven1806
A chilly reception at the Salon of 1806
At the Salon of 1806 Ingres showed his Self-Portrait, the Rivière family portraits and Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne to a very chilly reception: David was severe, the critics hostile, and Chaussard called his style gothic and accused him of wanting to make art regress by four centuries. Ingres had left for Rome just days before the Salon opened.
1806
Engagement to Julie Forestier
In 1806 Ingres met the 24-year-old painter Marie-Anne-Julie Forestier and quickly became engaged to her. Her father and uncle, well-known lawyers, saw his long stay in Rome as the best way to strengthen the engagement, expecting him to return famous and with a good income.
11 October 1806
Arrival in Rome
Travelling via Milan, Bologna and Florence, Ingres reached Rome on 11 October 1806 and settled at the Villa Medici, the seat of the French Academy. At first he was bored and longed to return to Paris, but the Academy's director Joseph Suvée received him warmly and gave the fellows complete creative freedom.
23 November 1806
“Art will need to be reformed”
Reading the relentlessly hostile Paris press in Rome, Ingres wrote to his prospective father-in-law Jean Forestier that art would need to be reformed and that he meant to be that revolutionary. He vowed never to exhibit at the Salon again.
1806–1810 · Opleiding
French Academy in Rome
1810
Deciding to stay in Rome
In 1810 Ingres's pension at the Villa Medici ended, but he decided to stay in Rome and seek patronage from the French occupation government.
