Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Study of the Sleeping Infant Christ

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Study of the Sleeping Infant Christ
Datec. 1839
PlaceFrance
MediumGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (24.4 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Object number93.156
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryCOLLECTION: Luigi Calamatta (Lugt 1717) (his sale: Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 18, 1871, lot 123, "L'enfanf (sic) Jésus endormi. Dessin.")
Loaned to Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Delta Delta for "Preview Party for Tri Delta Artwalk 1993," 4-29-1993 @ Houston Country Club (LN:93.23).
Exhibited "Virgin and Child", November 22, 1993 through January 1994, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Notations inscribed throughout image. Study on verso of a man wrestling a lion.
Signed in pencil, center left edge: "Ingres"

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