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Which painting helped restore Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingresâs critical reputation in 1840?
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Self-portrait, oil on canvas by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1800; in the CondĂŠ Museum, Chantilly, France.
The painting that helped restore Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingresâs critical reputation in 1840 was Antiochus and Stratonice.1
Following a period of intense criticism regarding his work Martyrdom of Saint-Symphorien in 1834, Ingres had left Paris to serve as the director of the Acadèmie de France in Rome. During his tenure there, he completed Antiochus and Stratonice, and its exhibition successfully turned the critical tide in his favor, leading to his triumphant return to Paris in 1841.1