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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Born on August 29, 1780

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( ANG-grə; French:; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style.

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