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Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot)

Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot)

1869
(French, 1811–1902)
France, 19th century
graphite heightened with white chalk or gouache
Sheet: 36.6 x 28.6 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.351
Location: not on view

Description

Paul Flandrin drew this precise graphite portrait of his brother Hippolyte's widow, Aimée Ancelot, a few years after Hippolyte's death. The Flandrin brothers were both students of the painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), who was known for his own very precise and technically accomplished graphite portraits. In fact, at some point a false signature of Ingres's name was added on the drawing's left side, where it is still visible. Paul's brother, Hippolyte, is represented in the exhibition by a graphite study made in preparation for a religious painting [cat. no. 32].
  • Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener (Paris, France). Visages Du Dix-Neuvième Siècle : [exposition-Vente, 1 Décembre - 15 Décembre 1977, Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener]. Paris: La Galerie, 1977. Referenced: cat. no. 18, Reproduced
    Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Referenced: cat. no. 44, p. 98-99, Reproduced: p. 99
  • French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
    Visages du dix-neuvième siècle, Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener, Paris (1977), no. 18, repr.
  • {{cite web|title=Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot)|url=false|author=Jean-Paul Flandrin|year=1869|access-date=05 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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