Profile of Napoleon
Jacques Louis David · c. 1810 · Black chalk, with touches of black crayon, on off-white laid paper, edge mounted on cream wove card
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Profile of Napoleon is a public-domain drawing by Jacques Louis David, dated c. 1810. Black chalk, with touches of black crayon, on off-white laid paper, edge mounted on cream wove card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Profile of Napoleon” (c. 1810) is drawn with David’s hard, clear contour. It may be a finished history picture or a study of a pose for one.
About the artist
Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) was the leading Neoclassical painter in France. Clear drawing and antique poses served pictures made for the Revolution and later for Napoleon.
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