Title : The Sleeper of Naples - Adrien Goetz - book

Summary :

Three handwritten notebooks invite us to investigate: one is said to be a confession by Ingres, another was written by Corot, and the third by an unknown artist, a friend of Géricault, in the secrecy of the studios. The subject of this investigation: The Sleeper of Naples, an enigmatic painting by Ingres, which has disappeared and which aroused many desires... But it is not only the quality of the painting and its disappearance that make it such a myth. The model who inspired the painter is full of mysteries. Who was the beautiful young woman that Ingres considered "already painted" because she was so perfect in his eyes? And what became of the painting? A quest for beauty as much as a literary and artistic investigation, this story by Adrien Goetz brings to life the atmosphere of the mythical Italy of painters and the bohemian Paris of the Romantics. Prix des deux Magots, 2004. Prix Roger Nimier, 2004.

• EAN : 9782020684187
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