"Madame Moitessier" by ​Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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Lizzie Perrotte discusses one of her favourite portraits: Madame Moitessier by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. This painting took the artist twelve years to complete and typifies his immaculate style, passion for detail and breathtaking sense of illusionism.

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