The Valpincon Bather by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Ingres earlier painted female nudes, such as his Bathing Woman of 1807, however, this work is widely regarded as his first great treatment of the subject.  This artwork conveys a calm and measured sensuality. Ingres returned to the form of this figure a number of times in his life; culminating in his The Turkish Bath of 1863, where the central figure in the foreground playing a mandolin echoes in rhythm and tone the model of the Valpinçon bather.