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Originally Posted by Rob Sullivan
This is a wonderful piece, and I'm sure the family, friends and professional colleagues of this man approve greatly of the strong, intelligent and dignified manner in which you have portrayed him.
Any chance the pose was slightly influenced by Ingres' "Louis Francois-Bertin"?
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Thanks Rob, you are very kind. That Ingres portrait is one of my all time favorites. However much I would love to claim an influence of Ingres on this pose, the credit goes to the original studio photographer. I deleted the encyclopedic array of library cases packed full of law books which were distracting, from the original photo. So I guess the simple background is all I can relate to the portrait of Louis Francois-Bertin.
Garth