Jacques-Louis David, Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, 1787, black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, 13 1/16 x 16 9/16″ / 33.2 x 42.1 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Video from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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David, Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons
| Title | Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons |
| Artist(s) | Jacques-Louis David |
| Dates | 1787 |
| Places | Europe / Western Europe / France |
| Period, Culture, Style | Neoclassicism |
| Artwork Type | Drawing |
| Material | Chalk, Ink, Gouache, Paper |
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Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "David, Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons," in Smarthistory, January 25, 2016, accessed May 17, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/jacques-louis-david-study-for-the-lictors-bringing-brutus-the-bodies-of-his-sons/.
