Comment on Jean-Marie-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) and Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844)
According to the ingresque doxa, this particular group from The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien (see footnote above) may have been inspired by the women in the right corner of The Bolsena Mass; see Etorre Camesasca, Tout l’œuvre peint d’Ingres (French translation of Tutta l’opera di Ingres, Milan, 1968), introduction by Daniel Ternois; reprinted and updated by Robert Fohr, Paris, Flammarion, 1984, p. 106, notice n° 128 (later abbreviated as CAMESASCA 1984). See also J.-A.-D. Ingres, Head of a mother with her two children (after The Bolsena Mass), c. 1806-1807, oil on canvas, unknown dimensions, Montauban, Ingres Bourdelle Museum (Inv. MI.867.63)
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