Dr. Francois Melier, 1849, Graphite with graphite framing lines, corrected with white, on buff wove paper, 12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (32. 2 x 25 cm), Drawings, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, Montauban 1780?1867 Paris), The physician Francois Melier, an eminent figure in the field of public health in the mid-nineteenth century, posed for this masterful portrait. In all likelihood commissioned by Melier?s family, the drawing was in the collection of his daughter Blanche at the time of Ingres?s retrospective exhibition in 1867