Comtesse d’Haussonville' (1845) by Ingres

Name: Comtesse d’Haussonville' (1845) by Ingres
Uploaded: 2025-06-16T07:22:06.510Z
Duration: 22 min 57 s
Channel: Neoclassical Art (c.1760–1850)
Description: Curator Aimee Ng explores the history behind one of the audience favorites at The Frick—Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Comtesse d’Haussonville. Sometimes called the “poster girl” of The Frick Collection, the subject of this celebrated portrait led a fascinating life, taking piano lessons from Chopin and writing biographies of Lord Byron and the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet.

Neoclassical Art (c.1760–1850)

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Curator Aimee Ng explores the history behind one of the audience favorites at The Frick—Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Comtesse d’Haussonville. Sometimes called the “poster girl” of The Frick Collection, the subject of this celebrated portrait led a fascinating life, taking piano lessons from Chopin and writing biographies of Lord Byron and the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet.