Edmond Cavé (1794–1852)

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

1844 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Cavé held the high-ranking posts of inspector and director of the fine arts administration during the reign of King Louis-Philippe. Ingres painted this portrait soon after Cavé's marriage in 1844 to Marie-Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger. It was intended as a companion to the picture of Cavé's wife that Ingres had painted a decade earlier (43.85.3). After Ingres consulted Cavé about the dimensions of his wife's likeness, he executed the portrait by transferring a drawing of the sitter (Musée Ingres, Montauban) onto the canvas.

Artist

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Date

1844

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943