Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
French, 1758-1823
Head of Vengeance
INV-7663
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
French, 1758-1823c. 1804
Head of Vengeance
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon French, 1758-1823 →chalkdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1804
Medium
Black and white chalk, with stumping, and with traces of blue chalk, on blue laid paper (faded to tan)
Dimensions
50.8 × 39.9 cm (20 × 15 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Arthur Heun Fund
A study for the figure of Divine Vengeance in Prud’hon’s celebrated paintingJustice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime (1808), the head of Vengeance, who pursues Crime as an agent of Justice, brilliantly reflects the artist’s stated aim for the painting: “to give a commotion to the soul.”
Although the drawing’s blue paper has faded almost completely to gray, the work’s expressive power remains intact.
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