Head of an Old Man in Profile

Provenance

By descent to the artist’s sons, Eugene and Jules David, from 1825 [Lugt 839 and 1437]; sold, Paris, April 17, 1826, lot 71 or 72 [according to Chicago 1974]. De Bonadona [according to Seligman]. Sold by Jacques Seligmann and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1960.

Head of an Old Man in Profile

Jacques Louis David

c. 1791 or 1816–1820

Accession Number

11892

Medium

Black chalk, on bluish-white laid paper, laid down on tan wove card

Dimensions

23 × 23.1 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation