The Source

painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
VisualArtwork painting Q1215604
The Source
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Source is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Source is the creator of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres[3].
  • The Source is the creator of Alexandre Desgoffe[4].
  • The Source is the creator of Paul Balze[5].
  • The Source is located in Paris[6].
  • The Source is in the country of France[7].
  • The Source's instance of is recorded as painting[8].
  • The Source is owned by French State[9].
  • The Source is associated with the Neoclassicism movement[10].
  • The Source's genre is nude[11].
  • The Source's genre is allegory[12].
  • The Source's genre is figure painting[13].
  • The Source's based on is recorded as Vénus Anadyomène[14].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as woman[15].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as contrapposto[16].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as nudity[17].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as water[18].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as clay pot[19].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as pitcher[20].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as Hedera helix[21].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as river source[22].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as spring[23].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as navel[24].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as pubic hair removal[25].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as female breast[26].
  • The Source's depicts is recorded as chestnut hair[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Created works include Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres[3], a painter[28], 1780–1867[29], of France[30], awarded the Prix de Rome[31], specialised in painting[32]; Alexandre Desgoffe[4], a painter[33], 1805–1882[34], of France[35], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[36]; and Paul Balze[5], a painter[37], 1815–1884[38], of France[39].

Publication

Genres include nude[11], allegory[12], and figure painting[13].

Subject and Themes

The Source is associated with the Neoclassicism movement[10].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include canvas[40] and oil paint[41]. The location of The Source was Musée d'Orsay[42].

Why It Matters

The Source ranks in the top 5% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved . musee-orsay.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Louvre Museum collections database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved . musee-orsay.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JocondeLab. Retrieved . jocondelab.iri-research.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [40] ↑ . Louvre Museum collections database. Retrieved . musee-orsay.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [41] ↑ . Louvre Museum collections database. Retrieved . musee-orsay.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [42] ↑ . Louvre Museum collections database. Retrieved . musee-orsay.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Owned by → Tanneguy Duchâtel, French State
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