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Why did Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres welcome the establishment of the Second Empire under Napoleon III?
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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.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres welcomed the establishment of the Second Empire under Napoleon III in 1852 primarily because he was deeply unsettled by the social and political instability that had occurred during the Revolution of 1848.1
As a prominent figure of cultural conservatism in 19th-century France, Ingres sought stability and order, which he found in the new imperial regime. His support for the Second Empire aligned with his broader commitment to traditional values and his role as a standard-bearer for the Classical tradition in art.213