Virgil Reading from the Aeneid

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
c. 1864
Oil on Paper on Panel

Virgil Reading from the Aeneid by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1864
Virgil Reading from the Aeneid by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1864
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You can read more about the composition of the painting in this article by Christie’s Auction House: Deconstructed: Ingres’ Virgil Reading from the Aeneid.

Below is an earlier version of the same painting (without the statue of Marcellus). Remember, Ingres reworked this painting 53 times!

Virgil Reading from the Aeneid by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812
Virgil Reading from the Aeneid by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812, Musée des Augustins de Toulouse.
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Below is the sculpture of Augustus Caesar that Ingres used as inspiration for the statue of Marcellus in the painting. 

Augustus of Prima Porta (marble sculpture by unknown artist), c. 1st Century, Vatican Museum, Rome.
Augustus of Prima Porta (marble sculpture by unknown artist), c. 1st Century, Vatican Museum, Rome.
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