Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES (Montauban 1780 - Paris 1867)

Portrait of a mother and her child Black stone, signed, located and dated lower left Ingres Del / rome 1813 ? Restorations 30 x 22 cm Provenance : Collection of Madame Willard Paris, Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 4, 1941 (Me Ader), n° 12 (attributed to Ingres), Purchased at this sale for Miss Brialix, wife Gadeau Given to her son-in-law, Robert Gadeau, Remained in the family, given to her niece. Our portrait has been restored both in terms of the paper and the drawing. The missing paper has been filled in several places, in the left corner, and the child's foot. Two tears on the bottom edge towards the center have been restored. While Ingres can be seen in a number of details such as the hand holding the child's foot, the treatment of the folds or the fall of the fabric to the right of the armchair, as well as in the very fine rendering of the earring, some parts were redrawn during the restoration. The head of the child, the face of the woman, especially the eyes, and the hair.