Cleveland Museum of Art
Study of Hands
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Date
- 1842
- Medium
- graphite with traces of white heightening on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This sheet of studies was made as a preparatory design for a series of stained glass windows for the Chapel of Saint Ferdinand in Paris. Here, Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres sketched four sets of hands that seem to cascade down the page in one rhythmic motion, masterfully illustrating the beauty of mise en page . In his use of graphite, Ingres alluded to the metalpoint drawings of Raphael, intentionally channeling the Renaissance master. Ingres executed many studies for each of his stained glass designs, from preliminary sketches such as this one to full-scale cartoons.
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