Painted during Ingres's years in Rome, when he made his living with crisp, polished portraits of the French officials and businessmen stationed there. Moltedo gazes out calmly, with the Roman countryside stretching behind him.
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Joseph-Antoine Moltedo
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, ca. 1810. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).