The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine)

The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine)

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Details

Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (30.2 × 22.2 cm)
Origin
Austrians
Department
Drawings and Prints
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 1998

Art Genome Taxonomy

5 tags

Subject Matter

  • Group Portrait Both · 99%

    The title identifies three sisters, and the image visibly presents three women in a coordinated shared composition.

Medium and Techniques

  • Drawing Metadata · 99%

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a drawing and identifies the medium as graphite.

  • Work on Paper Both · 98%

    The catalog identifies a sheet as the support, and the image visibly shows graphite marks on a paper sheet.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1818, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 88%

    The artist is cataloged as French in the museum’s artist display; this tag describes the artist’s cataloged national association, not the sitters’ origins.

Source & rights

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.