The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons

Jacques Louis David, 1787

Artist

Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748–1825 Brussels)

Date

1787

Medium

Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache

Size

Sheet: 13 1/16 x 16 9/16 in. (33.2 x 42.1 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed