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Heads of a faun and a young woman (Les têtes d'une jeune femme et d'un faune)
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Heads of a faun and a young woman (Les têtes d'une jeune femme et d'un faune)

Jacques Louis David

ca. 1792–96

Medium

Pen and dark brown iron gall ink

Tags

FaunsHeadsWomen

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 1/8 × 7 11/16 in. (15.5 × 19.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2022

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jacques Louis David

1748–1825 • France

David was considered the most influential painter of the Neoclassical movement in France, characterized by a style of austere and ethical painting that reflects the moral climate of the last years of the ancien régime. He became an active revolutionary and worked for the new French Republic. He was then attracted to Napoleon I and developed an Empire style marked by warm Venetian color. Following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1816, David went into exile in Brussels. He had a large number of pupils, and his influence was felt by the majority of French 19th-century painters. His compositional innovations were a break with the existing Rococo fantasy. Comment on works: Portraits: History.

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