Portrait of Mr and Mrs Woodhead and Mr Henry Comber in Rome
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1816
Portrait group of Mr and Mrs Joseph Woodhead with the Reverend Henry Comber, brother of the latter, as a youth, during their visit to Rome.
Mrs Harriet Woodhead is shown seated with her right arm intertwined with her husband's who leans towards her in a pose of romantic affection. The Reverend is posed as a dandy. The drawing is among the most ambitious by Ingres portraying English sitters. The sitters were relations of the vendors.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Portrait of Mr and Mrs Woodhead and Mr Henry Comber in Rome, 1816
Date supported
1947
Medium and material
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
30.4 x 22.4 cm
Grant
1,200
Total cost
1,200
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