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Portrait of Monsieur and Madame [Alexandre] Lethière [and their daughter Letizia
The Alexandre Lethière Family
Portrait of Monsieur and Madame [Alexandre] Lethière [and their daughter Letizia
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
1815
Medium/Technique
Graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.5 × 21.8 cm (10 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Framed: 60 × 51.5 × 3.8 cm (23 5/8 × 20 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Framed: 60 × 51.5 × 3.8 cm (23 5/8 × 20 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number26.45
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On display at Musée du Louvre, November 14, 2024 – February 17, 2025
On display at Musée du Louvre, November 14, 2024 – February 17, 2025
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Signed
Signed in graphite. lower left: Ingres - à / Monsieur Lethière / rome 1815
InscriptionsL.l.: Ingres - à / Monsieur Lethière / rome 1815
ProvenanceBy descent within the Lethière family, either through Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (b. 1760 - d. 1832) or his son, Alexandre Lethière, Paris, to Alexandre's son, Charles Lethière (b. 1816 - d. 1889), Paris; to his widow, Clémence Laurent Lethière (d. 1901), Guichainville. 1913, purchased from an unknown collector by Carlos de Bestegui (b. 1863 - d. 1915). 1926, sold by Wildenstein and Co. to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 11, 1926)