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DAVID, Jacques-Louis: Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André

🖼 Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André, 1795
Pen, black ink, wash and white highlights, diameter 182 mm
Chicago, USA

Austere neoclassical portrait rendered in muted tones, capturing a stern-faced man against neutral background with precise draftsmanship. Jeanbon Saint-André was a revolutionary politician; David's unflinching characterization reflects post-Terror French ideals of republican virtue and intellectual authority.

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E. H. Gombrich
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