{{Short description|Spouse of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres}} {{Infobox person | name = Madame Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | image = Ingres - Portrait of Madame Ingres, 1815.jpg | caption = Portrait of Madame Ingres by Jean Auguste-Dominque Ingres, 1815 | birth_name = Madeleine Chapelle | birth_date = 1782 | death_date = 27 July 1849 | spouse = Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (married 1813–1849) | parents = Joseph-Mathieu-Lambert-Chapelle, Jeanne (née) Nicaise }}
'''Madame Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres''' (1782 – 27 July 1849), also known by her maiden name '''Madeleine Chapelle''', was the first wife of Jean Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a French Neoclassical painter. Chapelle was the subject of a portrait painting and nine portrait drawings by Ingres and often served him as a figure model.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Ingres |first1=Jean-Auguste-Dominique |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ss99wqlznxAC&q=madeleine&pg=PA153 |title=Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch |last2=Britain) |first2=National Gallery (Great |date=1999 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-87099-891-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres {{!}} Madame Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, née Madeleine Chapelle |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/366344 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |pages= |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Chapelle was born in Châlons-sur-Marne (now known as Châlons-en-Champagne) in 1782. She was the sixth and youngest child of the cabinetmaker Joseph-Mathieu-Lambert-Chapelle and Jeanne (née) Nicaise.<ref name=":0" />
Chapelle had three brothers and two sisters, Marie and Sophie. Sophie married Pierre-Antoine Dubreuil, a musician, and settled in Guéret. When the couple's second child was born, Chapelle was sent for to look after the children. In Gueret, Chapelle worked as a cashier in a cafe and later ran her own linen shop.<ref name=":0" />
== Marriage to Jean Auguste-Dominque Ingres == thumb|Sketch of Madame Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, née Madeleine Chapelle by Ingres Chapelle was introduced to the artist, Jean Auguste-Dominque Ingres, by her cousin, Adele.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Ingres sent a letter to Chapelle dated 7 August 1813. In it he described his physical and personality traits.
[[File:Alaux Atelier Ingres Montauban.jpg|thumb|''The Studio of Ingres in Rome'' by Jean Alaux, 1818. Madeleine is portrayed with her husband.]] After further correspondence by letter, Chapelle travelled to Rome in September 1813 and the couple met for the first time at the Tomb of Nero. Chapelle and Ingres married on 4 December 1813 in the church of San Martino ai Monti.<ref name=":0" /> In letters sent to a friend, Ingres described their marriage as a happy one and expressed his devotion and adoration to his wife.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shelton |first=A.C. |date=2021 |title=Ingres, Painter of Men |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8365.12546 |journal=Art History |publication-date=17 February 2021 |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=16–51 |doi=10.1111/1467-8365.12546 |access-date=8 March 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Their only child was stillborn.<ref name=":1" />
== Death == Chapelle took ill in May 1849 and died on 27 July 1849.<ref name=":0" />
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