The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 70 - 71

Question 1

Ingres: Art’s Finest Draftsman

Answer 1

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)
• Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
• Ingres was star pupil of David
• Ingres never let brush strokes show
• Delacroix follows after Rubens
• Ingres master of female nudes

Question 2

Odalisque

Answer 2

• the reclining, or recumbent, female nude