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Source Description
This drawing depicts a classical sculpture (see photo) said to represent a Sabine (the Sabines were a village people who resided northeast of ancient Rome). David saw the statue at Rome's Villa Medici, a fact he noted by inscribing the location at the lower left corner of this study. The artist made the sketch early in his career, during his 1775-80 stay in Italy as winner of the coveted Rome Prize scholarship. This and the many other drawings and tracings that David made after ancient sculpture and vases in Italy helped him later become the leader of neoclassical painting.
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166621
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Study of the Sabine Statue from the Villa Medici
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drawing
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166621
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drawing
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Study of the Sabine Statue from the Villa Medici
description
This drawing depicts a classical sculpture (see photo) said to represent a Sabine (the Sabines were a village people who resided northeast of ancient Rome). David saw the statue at Rome's Villa Medici, a fact he noted by inscribing the location at the lower left corner of this study. The artist made the sketch early in his career, during his 1775-80 stay in Italy as winner of the coveted Rome Prize scholarship. This and the many other drawings and tracings that David made after ancient sculpture and vases in Italy helped him later become the leader of neoclassical painting.
date
c. 1775–1780
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79997120
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1643
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 21.4 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
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France, 18th century
accession
2008.343
Source extras
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pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash
tombstone
Study of the Sabine Statue from the Villa Medici, c. 1775–1780. Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash; sheet: 21.4 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.343
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cream laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
by artist, lower left, in brown ink: ala villa / medicis; by Jules David, lower left, in brown ink: J. D. [Lugt 1437]; by Eugène David, lower right, in brown ink: E D _ [Lugt 839]
citations
citation
Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
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Referenced: cat. no. 17, p. 44-45, Reproduced: p. 45
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Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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2026-05-29 08:36:14.610000
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166621
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Drawings
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DR - French
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pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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