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Bust of an Older Man, c. 1810. Black crayon, on off-white laid paper, edge mounted on cream wove paper.
Black crayon, on off-white laid paper, edge mounted on cream wove paper · 13.3 × 10.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Bust of an Older Man
- Artist
- Jacques-Louis David French, 1748-1825
- Date
- c. 1810
- Medium
- Black crayon, on off-white laid paper, edge mounted on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 13.3 × 10.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Helen Regenstein Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1748–1825
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.