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David Sketching by Jacques Louis David — VisualArtsDB

David Sketching

David Sketching

Jacques Louis David

1805–1824

Medium: Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions: 21 x 16.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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