Head of a woman seen from the front, mouth slightly open, eyes raised, Jacques-Louis David

Head of a woman seen from the front, mouth slightly open, eyes raised

Tête de femme vue de face, la bouche entrouverte, les yeux levés (museum title)

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

Movement: Neoclassicism
Date: c. 1780
Medium: Pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions: 20.8 × 15.7 cm
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besançon, France
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, public domain

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