Woman from a Procession, from the Palazzo Mattei

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/80

The image shows a person standing in profile facing right. The person has a soft facial profile with a slightly prominent nose. The hair is styled in long, wavy locks that extend down the back. The person is wearing… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Jacques-Louis David ¹
Date: 1775/80 ¹
Medium: pen and dark brown ink with gray wash over graphite on beige laid paper ¹
Original: 3,255 × 4,928 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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