Head of Vengeance
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
c. 1804
Medium
Black and white chalk, with stumping, and with traces of blue chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to tan)
Dimensions
50.8 × 39.9 cm (20 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76635
About the Artist
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Pierre Paul Prud'hon (1758–1823) was a French painter and draughtsman whose dreamy, sensuous art occupied a singular position between the Neoclassicism and Romanticism that competed for dominance in French painting around 1800. Born in Cluny in Burgundy, he received his early artistic training at the Dijon Academy before winning the Prix de Rome of the Estates of Burgundy, which allowed him to spe...