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Paris. Ecole des Beaux–Arts. J.–A.–D. Ingres, 1867, no. 442.
The Art Institute of Chicago. A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 217.
San Francisco. California Palace of the Legion of Honor. French Painting from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, June 8–July 8, 1934, no. 112.
Ontario. Toronto Art Gallery. English and French Nineteenth–Century Paintings, November 1–30, 1935, no. 112.
Massachusetts. Springfield Museum of Fine Arts. David and Ingres, November 20–December 17, 1939, no. 25.
New York. Knoedler Gallery. David and Ingres, January 8–27, 1940, no. 25.
Ohio. Cincinnati Art Museum. David and Ingres, February 8–March 3, 1940, no. 25.
New York. Knoedler Gallery. Centenary Exhibition, April 1–27, 1946.
Michigan. Detroit Institute of Arts. French Painting from David to Courbet, January 31–March 5, 1950, no. 20.
Omaha, Nebraska. Joslyn Art Museum. Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Beginnings of Modern Painting, France, 1800–1910, October 2–November 4, 1951.
Ohio. Cincinnati Art Museum. Paintings and Drawings by Ingres from the Ingres Museum at Montauban, February 4–28, 1953.
New Orleans, Louisiana. Isaac Delgado Museum of Art. French Masterpieces through Five Centuries, October 15–December 31, 1953.
The Art Institute of Chicago. Great French Paintings, January 20–February 20, 1955, no. 22.
Richmond. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Treasures in America, January 13–March 5, 1961, no. 74.
New York. Paul Rosenberg Gallery. Ingres in American Collections, April 7–May 6, 1961, no. 31.
Indianapolis, Indiana. John Herron Museum of Art. The Romantic Era: Birth and Flowering, 1750–1850, February 21–April 11, 1965, no. 28.
Paris. Petit Palais. Ingres, October 27, 1967–January 29, 1968, no. 122.
Minnesota. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The Past Rediscovered: French Painting, 1800–1900, July 3–September 7, 1969, no. 51.
Louisville, Kentucky. J. B. Speed Art Museum. In Pursuit of Perfection: The Art of J.–A.–D. Ingres, December 6, 1983–January 29, 1984, no. 72.
London. The National Gallery. Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, January 27–April 25, 1999, no. 87.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, May 23–August 22, 1999, no. 87.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch, September 27, 1999–January 2, 2000, no. 87.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. November 27, 2001–August 13, 2003 (during TMA renovation).
Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art. In a New Light: Treasures from the Taft, July 3, 2021–May 1, 2022.

“In a head,” the painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres wrote, “the first thing the artist must do is to make the eyes speak.” Here, he framed Jeanne Gonin’s confident gaze between dark curls and a lace-trimmed collar. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1787, Gonin was 34 and about to be married. She wears a necklace made of human hair, likely a memento of a departed loved one or a token of her betrothed. The Impressionist painter Edgar Degas purchased this portrait in 1896.

Probably commissioned by the family of the sitter; created by the artist; acquired by Jeanne Gonin, the sitter, and Pyrame Thomeguex, Florence; by descent to Antoine Thomeguex, son of the previous, 1844; (consigned to dealer [1]); purchased by Edgar Degas [1834-1917], November 1896; returned to Antoine Thomeguex, 1896 [2]; by descent to Albert Thomeguex, son of the previous, 1899; by descent to Alice Thomeguex, sister of the previous and wife of Paul Gaston Pictet, 1918. (Possibly acquired by Georges Wildenstein, Paris and London). (Acquired by Scott and Fowles, New York, NY); purchased by Charles Phelps Taft [1843-1929] and Anna Sinton Taft [1850-1931], Cincinnati, OH, February 1, 1924; donated to the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH, May 21, 1927 [3]; transferred to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 1, 2006 [4].

Notes:

[1]. Pawned with the proviso that Antoine could reclaim the painting by a certain date if he was able to raise funds to pay back the advance. See note in Taft Museum of Art file. [2]. Antoine Thomeguex paid back the advance to reclaim ownership of the painting within the allotted time. [3]. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (CIFA) was formed by Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft on March 22, 1927 as a non-profit corporation to stimulate the development of art and music in the City of Cincinnati and run the Taft Museum of Art, which opened in 1932. The Tafts offered $1 million for a permanent endowment fund, on the condition that the community raise $2.5 million in matching funds, which was achieved by December 3, 1928. [4]. Until August 31, 2006, the Museum was owned by CIFA, administered by CIFA’s Board of Trustees, and governed by the Taft Museum Board of Overseers. On September 1, 2006, the Museum legally separated from CIFA and began operations as its own incorporated 501(c)(3) entity. This separate incorporation led to the transfer to the separate entity after August 31, 2006 of all tangible assets comprising the Taft collection.

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