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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].
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166630
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Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot)
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166630
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drawing
title
Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot)
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].
date
1869
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79997148
creators
38856
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 36.6 x 28.6 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
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France, 19th century
accession
2008.351
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graphite heightened with white chalk or gouache
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Madame Hippolyte Flandrin (Aimée Ancelot), 1869. Jean-Paul Flandrin (French, 1811–1902). Graphite heightened with white chalk or gouache; sheet: 36.6 x 28.6 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.351
supportMaterials
description
cream wove paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
In graphite, lower left center: Ingres/erased signature: Paul Flandrin/1869; no watermark
citations
citation
Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener (Paris, France). <em>Visages Du Dix-Neuvième Siècle : [exposition-Vente, 1 Décembre - 15 Décembre 1977, Galerie Jacques Fischer-Chantal Kiener]</em>. Paris: La Galerie, 1977.
page_number
Referenced: cat. no. 18, Reproduced
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Referenced: cat. no. 44, p. 98-99, Reproduced: p. 99
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Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:22.313000
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166630
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Drawings
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DR - French
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graphite heightened with white chalk or gouache
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male
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