Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Madame Moitessier, 1856, 120 x 91 cm. Ingres deeply admired the art of ancient Greece and Rome and spent his life trying to achieve the simple lines and finely modeled shapes found in classical art. Madame Moitessier’s marble-smooth skin and calm gaze reminds us of a classical statue. The richly decorated room, her heavy gold jewelry, and extravagant, fashionable dress show that she was very wealthy. The firm contour of her shoulders, arms and face defines flesh perfectly rounded, and smooth and luminous as polished alabaster.