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Faint Trial Head and Shoulders for David's Self-Portrait by Jacques Louis David — VisualArtsDB

Faint Trial Head and Shoulders for David's Self-Portrait

Faint Trial Head and Shoulders for David's Self-Portrait

Jacques Louis David

1805–1824

Medium: Graphite and white chalk 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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