Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons by Jacques-Louis David — Jacques-Louis David. Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, ca. 1788. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons

by Jacques-Louis David

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Artist: Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)
Date: ca. 1788
Medium: Black chalk and brown ink on paper
Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 12 1/8 in. (23.9 x 30.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.1.607

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