The Dauphin's Entry Into Paris is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, executed in 1821. It is now in the Wadsworth Atheneum collection in Hartford, Connecticut.
As a small-scale painting of a scene from medieval history it belongs to the painter's Troubador style period. It shows the future Charles V of France returning to Paris on 2 August 1358 after a revolt there.Condon et al. 239. It was commissioned by Amédée-David Pastoret, whose ancestor Jehan Pastoret, president of the parliament of Paris, is shown in red.
See also List of paintings by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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Bibliography Condon, Patricia; Cohn, Marjorie B.; Mongan, Agnes (1983). In Pursuit of Perfection: The Art of J.-A.-D. Ingres. Louisville: The J. B. Speed Art Museum. Rosenblum, Robert (1986). Ingres. Paris: Cercle d'Art, coll. "La Bibliothèque des Grands Peintres". () Ternois, Daniel (1980). Ingres. Paris: Fernand Nathan. ()