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Summary

Jacques-Louis David : Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons (

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Artist



Description	French painter, politician and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	30 August 1748	29 December 1825
Location of birth/death	Paris	City of Brussels
Work period	neoclassicism era QS:P2348,Q14378
Work location	Paris , Rome , City of Brussels
Authority file	: Q83155 VIAF : 66575297 ISNI : 0000000121374173 ULAN : 500115221 LCCN : n50035639 NLA : 35033606 WorldCat

Title

Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons

Description

Date

1787

Medium

Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 1/16 x 16 9/16 in. (33.2 x 42.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan , New York City , United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF : 126238294 ISNI : 0000000419368761 ULAN : 500125157 LCCN : n79129629 NLA : 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Drawings and Prints

Accession number

2006.264

Credit line

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2006

Source/Photographer

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