Description:
An exploration of the portrait art of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, focusing on his studio practice and his training of students.
Brief description: Sarah Betzer is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Virginia.
Review Quotes:
"Betzer effectively points out the unique origins for Ingres's approach to female portraiture and his distinct influence on a handful of painters marked by his inspiration and technique. . . .
Betzer's book is thoughtful, challenging, and impeccably well-documented. The quality of the reproductions is superb and the illustrations are well-placed in the text.""
--Barbara Ann Day-Hickman H-France Review