Jacques-Louis David
French, 1748-1825
The Departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus for Carthage
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Jacques-Louis David
French, 1748-18251785/86
The Departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus for Carthage
Jacques-Louis David French, 1748-1825 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
1785/86
Medium
Pen and black ink and brush and black ink wash and opaque white watercolor with black chalk and touches of brown watercolor on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Sight: 31 × 40.9 cm (12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
In David’s powerful study, the defeated Roman general Marcus Atilius Regulus, refusing the entreaties of his wife, insists on being sent back to Carthage to be executed. The relief-like drawing, seemingly carved from stone, boldly combines a sober setting and technique (black ink, white wash) with extreme theatricality, like a scene performed onstage.
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