Madame Armand Bertin, née Marie-Anne-Cécile Dollfuss 1843 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres French Ingres’s characteristic distortion of anatomy is apparent in this drawing, as the impossibly long arms and extreme downward slope of Madame Bertin’s shoulders defy proportion. Her face—framed by glossy, sausage-shaped ringlets—bears a soft, friendly expression, testifying to the Bertin family’s close relationship with the artist. The portrait forms a pair with that of her husband (), to whom Ingres dedicated this sensitive Madame Armand Bertin, née Marie-Anne-Cécile Dollfuss 40
Madame Armand Bertin, née Marie-Anne-Cécile Dollfuss 1843 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres French Ingres’s characteristic distortion of anatomy is apparent in this drawing, as the impossibly long arms and extreme downward slope of Madame Bertin’s shoulders defy proportion. Her face—framed by glossy, sausage-shaped ringlets—bears a soft, friendly expression, testifying to the Bertin family’s close relationship with the artist. The portrait forms a pair with that of her husband (), to whom Ingres dedicated this sensitive Madame Armand Bertin, née Marie-Anne-Cécile Dollfuss 409002
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