Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique Syllabification: (In·gres, Jean Auguste Dominique)Pronunciation: /ˈaNGgrə/Definition of Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780–1867), French painter. He vigorously upheld neoclassicism in opposition to romanticism. Notable works: Ambassadors of Agamemnon (1801) and The Bather (1808). Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique in the British & World English dictionary