Study for the Wife and Daughters of Brutus (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso) by Jacques-Louis David — Jacques-Louis David. Study for the Wife and Daughters of Brutus (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso), ca. 1788. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study for the Wife and Daughters of Brutus (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso)

by Jacques-Louis David

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Artist: Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)
Date: ca. 1788
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/16 x 7 5/16 in. (23 x 18.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Gordon Gift, 2007
Accession no.: 2007.450a, b

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