The authoritative French accounts of Ingres’ life and work (from which the foregoing sketch has been compiled) are:—

Comte Henri Delaborde.—Ingres, sa vie, ses travaux, sa doctrine (1870).

Charles Blanc.—Ingres (1870).

Henry Lapauze.—L’Œuvre de Ingres (in “Melanges sur l’Art FranÇais,” 1905).

Jules MommÉja.—Ingres (“Les Grands Artistes” series).

T. de Wyzewa.—L’Œuvre peint de Jean-Dominique Ingres (1907).

Boyer d’Agen.—Ingres d’apres une Correspondence inÉdite (1909).

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