Aretino and Charles V's Ambassador
Aretino and Charles V's Ambassador is a painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, produced in an 1815 and an 1848 version. It is in the troubador style and shows Pietro Aretino facing Charles V's ambassador, who is trying to bribe him.
1815 version
The original version is in a private collection, though a preparatory compositional sketch entered the Musée Ingres at Montauban in 1867.[1]
1848 version
In 1848 Ingres painted a replica, which was exhibited at the 1855 Exposition Universelle. Still owned by the family of Jean-Baptiste Marcotte-Genlis, it was also exhibited in Paris in 1913 and the 1990s.[2]
The painting was acquired in December 2012 by the musée des beaux-arts de Lyon for 750,000 Euros, including an 80,000 E from a public appeal, to which 1536 people had donated.[2]
References
- ^ Preparatory drawing
- ^ a b Beaux-Arts : dix points incontournables à propos de l’Arétin d’Ingres, Lyon Capitale, 26 December 2012.
