The Valpinçon Bather

The Valpinçon Bather
ArtistJean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Year1808
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions146 cm × 97.5 cm (57 in × 38.4 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris
AccessionRF 259
Websitecollections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066528

The Valpinçon Bather (Fr: La Grande Baigneuse) is an 1808 painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), held in the Louvre since 1879. Painted while the artist was studying at the French Academy in Rome, it was originally titled Seated Woman but later became known after one of its nineteenth-century owners.