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Why did Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres remain in Italy after his student position in Rome ended?
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Self-portrait, oil on canvas by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1800; in the Condé Museum, Chantilly, France.
When Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingresâs tenure as a student at the AcadĂ©mie de France in Rome expired in 1810, he chose to remain in Italy because he had begun to establish himself as a portraitist for Napoleonic officials and dignitaries. Additionally, he had started receiving occasional commissions for history paintings, which was a more prestigious genre that he sought to pursue.1