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Study of Hands
by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Also known as: Studies of Hands and Study of a Foot (Studies for Windows in the Chapel of Saint Ferdinand, Paris)
About the Artwork
This sheet of studies was made as a preparatory design for a series of stained glass windows for the Chapel of Saint Ferdinand in Paris. Here, Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres sketched four sets of hands that seem to cascade down the page in one rhythmic motion, masterfully illustrating the beauty of mise en page. In his use of graphite, Ingres alluded to the metalpoint drawings of Raphael, intentionally channeling the Renaissance master.
Inscriptions
inscribed, at bottom left, in pencil: Ste [illegible]; middle right (beneath knuckles), in graphite: Ste Marguerite / d’Ecosse; upper left (beneath foot), in graphite: Clotild; upper left (between toes and wrist), in graphite: Clotild; stamped, at lower right, in black ink: Marc Bernheim [Lugt 3528]; in blue ink: the artist’s studio stamp [Lugt 1477]
Provenance
1842-1867: Estate of the artist [1780–1867] after 1867-1908: P.-A. Chéramy [1840–1912], Paris 1908: (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 5–7, 1908, no. 379, presumably sold to Henri Haro) 1908-1912: Henri Haro [1855–1911], Paris 1912: (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 3, 1912, no. 149, sold to Paul Jamot) 1912-1943: Paul Jamot [1863–1939], Paris 1943: (his sale Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 10, 1943, no. 30) after 1943-before 1967: Marc Bernheim, Paris 1967-1968: (Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York) 2003: (sale, Christie’s, New York, January 22, 2003, no. 106, sold to Artemis Fine Arts, New York) 2003: (Artemis Fine Arts, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 2003-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014). Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-June 11, 2023).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
- Date
- 1842
- Medium
- graphite with traces of white heightening on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 31.2 x 23.6 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 2003.37
More by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011050
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