Standing Man with His Right Hand on His Chest
Jacques Louis David|François André Vincent
ca. 1787 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk on tan paper. Traces of squaring in graphite and red chalk. · Drawings and Prints
This sheet is a study for the figure of Cinna, who appears in Vincent’s 1787 painting The Clemency of Augustus as the grateful recipient of the Roman emperor’s mercy. In the compositional study (see 1985.245.2), Cinna is drawn in the same pose, nude, while in the finished painting, he wears classical garb. In this quickly executed sketch, Vincent drew the left arm a second time, experimenting with the position of the hand.
- Artist
- Jacques Louis David|François André Vincent
- Date
- ca. 1787
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk on tan paper. Traces of squaring in graphite and red chalk.
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
