Studies for Jesus among the Doctors
Studies for Jesus among the Doctors
Artist
Creation date
about 1842
Materials
oil on canvas mounted on wood
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 15 in.
Credit line
James E. Roberts Fund
Accession number
54.56
Collection
Currently On View In
Norb & Ruth Schaefer, Sr. and Norb & Carolyn Schaefer Jr. Gallery
Although Ingres was an artistic rebel in his youth, he became the chief representative of traditional French painting and the methods of the Neoclassical movement. Ingres practiced the system taught by France's national school of art-working from a preliminary sketch for the entire design, through studies of specific details, to the finished canvas.
This image consists of six studies for Jesus among the Doctors, which Ingres cut from preparatory works and reassembled. They show his skilled drawing, careful execution, and adept use of light and shadow to model form-all hallmarks of academic painting.
Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
