Study of the Sabine Statue from the Villa Medici
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)
c. 1775–1780
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash
Dimensions
21.4 × 14.8 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2008.343
Tags
male
About this artwork
This drawing depicts a classical sculpture (see photo) said to represent a Sabine (the Sabines were a village people who resided northeast of ancient Rome). David saw the statue at Rome's Villa Medici, a fact he noted by inscribing the location at the lower left corner of this study. The artist made the sketch early in his career, during his 1775-80 stay in Italy as winner of the coveted Rome Prize scholarship. This and the many other drawings and tracings that David made after ancient sculpture...