FIGURE 66 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Source, 1856

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TitleThe Source

Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1856

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions64 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (163 × 80 cm)

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-source-525

Accession numberRF 219

SubjectsFemale nude in artNeoclassicism (Art)Painting, French--19th centuryFeminine beauty (Aesthetics) in art

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