Roman Buildings on a Hill

1775/80

Jacques-Louis David

Artist, French, 1748 - 1825

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash over graphite on green-gray paper, the wash extending onto the album page at left and right

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Accession

    1998.105.1.ss

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme. David (sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, under no. 16); purchased by one of David's pupils, Mlle. X (name obliterated);[1] by descent in her family; (Bruno de Bayser, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA.
[1] According to inscription on flyleaf.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2022

  • Stein, Perrin. Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022, 94, fig. 60.

Inscriptions

lower center: du Sens opposé; lower left: paraphes of E.D. and J.D.

Wikidata ID

Q64580187

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