La Princesse De Broglie Déambule - Limited Edition Print

In La Princesse de Broglie Déambule, Jaxon Northon reimagines one of the most iconic portraits of the 19th century, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Princesse de Broglie, through a contemporary lens that is both tender and subversive. While Ingres’s original sits stately and restrained within its Second Empire confines, Northon’s version breaks the subject free. The princess, hair loosened and Marlboro in hand, has left the salon behind. She now walks the banks of the Seine on her own terms—163 years after her death. This painting was created for Beyond Original, a group exhibition hosted by Modern Eden Gallery, in which artists were invited to reinterpret canonical works from art history. Northon’s selection of Ingres was personal as well as formal: it is, he explains, “my wife’s favorite painting at the Met.” In this version, the princess is played by the artist’s wife, Crystal Sugartown Esparza Northon; an act of homage, yes, but also of intimacy. The recreation becomes a double por