Edmond Cavé (1794–1852)
Artist: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)
Original Dimensions: 16" x 12 7/8"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1844) "Cavé held the high-ranking posts of inspector and director of the fine arts administration during the reign of King Louis-Philippe. Ingres painted this portrait soon after Cavé's marriage in 1844 to Marie-Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger. It was intended as a companion to the picture of Cavé's wife that Ingres had painted a decade earlier (43.85.3). After Ingres consulted Cavé about the dimensions of his wife's likeness, he executed the portrait by transferring a drawing of the sitter (Musée Ingres, Montauban) onto the canvas." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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