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| | Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique (1780-1867), French painter , Art Links Gallery |
 | | Ingres was born in Montauban, France, the son of an unsuccessful sculptor and painter. |
 | | His position both as a painter and as the official academic spokesperson against the romanticists was established, and he was given the rank of commander of the Legion of Honor in 1845. |
 | | Moitessier (1851, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) and La Comtesse d'Haussonville (1845, Frick Collection, New York City) are outstanding examples, and M. Berlin (1832, Louvre) is considered one of the finest portraits of the 19th century. |
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