Seated Gentleman

Jacques Louis David French

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This drawing was engraved by the artist’s grandson, Jules David, who described the figure as “a seated person, fine and distinguished, his arm resting on a thin balustrade.” Jules identified the drawing as a study for a figure in the painting Oath of the Army to Napoleon after the Distribution of the Eagle Standards (Château de Versailles). Recent scholarship, however, has challenged this lineage.

Seated Gentleman, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Black chalk on paper squared for transfer

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Seated Gentleman, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Black chalk on paper squared for transfer
Seated Gentleman, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels), Black chalk on paper squared for transfer

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