Lot 191
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780-1867 Paris)
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780-1867 Paris)

Head of a man turned to the left, said to be Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761-1844)

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780-1867 Paris)
Head of a man turned to the left, said to be Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761-1844)
signed 'Ingres'
2 7/8 x 2½ in. (73 x 62 mm.)
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Lot Essay

The attribution to Ingres was confirmed to the previous owner by Dr Hans Naef. Dr Naef suggested that the sitter may be the architect Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761-1844), of whom there is a portrait drawing by Ingres in the Louvre (H. Naef, Die Bildniszeichnungen von J.-A.-D. Ingres, Bern, 1977, V, no. 338).

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