Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Livia, and Octavia
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Artist bio: French, Montauban 1780–1867 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1809/1819 (?)
Medium: Pen and black ink, graphite, gray watercolor washes, white gouache heightening, Conté crayon on blue paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 15 x 12 11/16 in. (38.1 x 32.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Promised Gift of Leon D. and Debra R. Black, 2009
Accession year: 2009
Tags: Emperor Augustus|Women|Reading|Sculpture|Men|Male Nudes|Aeneid