Description
This drawing belongs to a series of enigmatic sheets that the French artist Jacques-Louis David created while living as an exile in Brussels from 1816 until his death in 1825. Many of these untitled works present close-up views of expressive heads and were given by the artist to his friends. This image of a turbaned man next to a hanging chain and oil lamp loosely references David's painting The Intercession of Saint Roch (1780) from much earlier in his career.
Provenance
(sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 9, 1972, no. 13 bis, sold to Adolphe Stein, Paris and London) (1972); (Adolphe Stein, Paris and London, sold to Eugene V. Thaw, New York) (1972); (Eugene V. Thaw, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) (1972 - 1973); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1973-)
Accession Number
1973.36
Medium
black chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 13.1 x 19.6 cm (5 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
