Title:
Roman Album No.8
Artist:
Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)
Date:
Assembled 1826; most drawings 1775–80
Medium:
Album of 23 leaves (originally 24; leaf 14 absent) and a flyleaf, with 101 drawings(including one that is loose, one executed directly on leaf 17 verso, and 19 tracings) affixed to 19 greenish leaves and 4 white leaves; bound in brown leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/16 × 13 9/16 in. (51 × 34.5 cm)
Sheet (greenish leaves): 19 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (48.5 × 33.4 cm)
Sheet (white leaves): 19 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (50.2 × 33.3 cm)
Classification:
Albums
Credit Line:
Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene V. Thaw