Study for "The Distribution of the Eagles"
Jacques Louis David
c. 1810
Medium
Black chalk on ivory wove paper, squared in graphite
Dimensions
18.6 × 24.1 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
158212
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jacques Louis David · 1748–1825
Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), born in Paris on August 30 to a prosperous family, faced early tragedy when his father was killed in a duel around age nine. Raised by his mother's two architect uncles after his mother departed, David overcame family resistance to architecture and a facial tumor that hindered his speech and studies at the Collège des Quatre-Nations. He began training under the Roc...