The Virgin of the Adoption
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1858
From €29Museum-quality print, also on canvas and framed.
Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Date
- 1858
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-2478
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look closely and this reads as a fresh devotion: lowered eyes, crossed hands, the blue mantle closing like a shell. But that face already existed. Ingres painted it in 1824, buried among dozens of figures in The Vow of Louis XIII, kneeling at a king's feet. Thirty-four years later he lifted her out, gave her a halo and a gold star, and made her the whole painting. He wasn't inventing again - he was cutting out what he already knew worked. For late Ingres, repetition wasn't laziness; it was the conviction that perfection, once found, doesn't need reinventing. Can an idea have a self-portrait?
