Roman Statue of a Standing Woman
1726 to 1750
Medium
red chalk with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 21.3 x 14.3 cm (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.) support: 22.9 x 16.6 cm (9 x 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1980.21.2
About the Artist
Jacques-Louis David · 1748–1825
Jacques-Louis David, born on August 30, 1748, in Paris, emerged as the preeminent French painter of Neoclassicism, a movement emphasizing austere lines, moral clarity, and classical antiquity as antidotes to Rococo frivolity. Orphaned young after his father's death in a duel, he was raised by prosperous architect uncles and educated at the Collège des Quatre-Nations. Defying family expectations, D...