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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and the Circular Tondo of 1862
A dense crowd of nude women lounge and play music inside a warm bathhouse. This is The Turkish Bath by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. It belongs to the Neoclassicism genre, a style of polished, smooth art. He first painted a rectangle but changed it to a circular tondo in 1862. [1]
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres never traveled to the Middle East. [1] Instead, he copied letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to build his scene. [1] The composition borrows from earlier works like La Grande Odalisque and The Valpinçon Bather. [1] The finished work eventually reached the Louvre through a loan funded by Maurice Fenaille. [1]
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Details of Le Bain Turc
Soft, diffused light enters from the left, casting gentle shadows across the rounded bodies. Warm flesh tones blend with muted olive green, deep red, slate blue, gold, and white. Smooth, precise brushwork renders skin with a glossy finish. Look closely and you will spot a tiny pink rose tucked in a bather's hair.
Sizing Your Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Reproduction for Your Wall
Our hand-painted the turkish bath reproduction is recreated brushstroke-by-brushstroke on museum-grade linen canvas. This oil on canvas technique captures the glossy, seamless finish of the original painting. You can order the canvas unframed, as stretched canvas, or with our classic and modern frames to fit your space.
Prices start from $249.95 for this hand-painted masterpiece. Seven sizes are listed, but you can also request customized dimensions to commission the original proportion. We also sell other Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres masterworks. These include Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples and the Portrait of French Journalist Louis-François Bertin.
