Elderly man, bust-length, three-quarter view to the left, left arm stretched out to beg, Jacques-Louis David

Elderly man, bust-length, three-quarter view to the left, left arm stretched out to beg

Vieillard vu en buste de trois-quarts à gauche, le bras gauche tendu pour mendier (museum title)

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

Movement: Neoclassicism
Date: 1820
Medium: Black crayon on paper
Dimensions: 12.9 × 19 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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Drawing Pencil Study Sketch Old man Man Beggar Pleading Beard Hair Loop Face Head Bust Hand Arm Drapery Coat Gaze Seal Signature Inscription Black and white Monochrome Mouth

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