Jacques Louis David's Roman Album

While a pensionnaire at the French Academy in Rome from 1775 until 1780, David made studies of the city and its surrounding landscape, paintings in public and private collections, and antique statuary and objects from classical antiquity; he also made (or assembled) tracings of classical figures, sometimes enriching them with wash. He kept these studies stored in volumes and they served as a repository in his studio for the remainder of his life. After David’s death, his descendants sorted the contents of the artist’s large Roman albums into twelve smaller volumes (ten of which are known), each with an assortment of types of drawings. The present volume is such an album factice and contains a range of types of drawings made during David’s period of study in Rome.

Jacques Louis David
1748-1825
Roman Album no. 8
1775/80
Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves.
binding: 20 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (515 x 348 mm); leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm). drawings: various dimensions, but majority measure approx. 6 x 8 1/2 inches (152 x 216 mm)
Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw.
1998.1
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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Back cover

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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Head of a Woman in Profile or Head of a Woman with Streaming Hair, in Profile

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Jacques Louis David

1748–1825

Roman Album no. 8

1775/80

Chiefly pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, black chalk, some red chalk, and chalk wash, on paper, mounted to album leaves

Leaves: 19 x 13 inches (487 x 330 mm)

Purchased as the gift of S. Parker Gilbert and Eugene Victor Thaw

1998.1

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