The Departure of Marcus Atilius Regulus for Carthage

ca. 1786
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Departure of Marcus Atilius Regulus for Carthage
  • Artist: Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)
  • Date: ca. 1786
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue laid paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 5/16 in. (31.5 × 41.4 cm)
    Frame: 21 7/8 × 25 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (55.6 × 65.7 × 6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1976.58
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints