A Scene of Mourning

1819

Not on view

Artist: Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
Title: A Scene of Mourning
Date: 1819
Place of Creation: France
Object Type: Drawing
Medium: Two tones of black chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (13.1 x 20 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
Accession Number: 1974.2.11

Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile,
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2005 - Apr 24, 2005; and Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Jun 5, 2005- Sep 5, 2005.
Nineteenth Century French Drawings from the Permanent Collection,Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Sept 8 - Oct 18, 1978; Masterworks from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Feb 21 - May 3, 1981; Master Drawings from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 3 Aug - 13 Oct 1985; The Age of Revolution, 1789 - 1821, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1 April - 29 May 1989; Jacques-Louis David, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Oct 26, 1989 - Feb 12 1990;
Hattis, Phyllis. Four Centuries of French Drawing in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1977, p. 245, cat. 221;
A. Schnapper and A. Serullaz, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825, Editions de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, 1989, fig. 240, p. 551.

Currently on view