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Nude Soldiers Gesticulating with Their Weapons (recto); Two Drapery Studies for the Figure of Tatius (verso), Jacques-Louis David

Nude Soldiers Gesticulating with Their Weapons (recto); Two Drapery Studies for the Figure of Tatius (verso)

Jacques-Louis David (French) (1748-1825)

Movement
Neoclassicism
Date
1796–1797
Medium
Black chalk and pen and black ink, with touches of white chalk (recto); black chalk, with touches of red and white chalk (verso), on cream laid paper, pieced
Dimensions
40.9 × 55 cm (sheet)
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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