Flying Figure and Reclining Figure, Black Chalk Study

Black chalk sketch on cut-corner paper showing a flying figure with billowing drapery and a wing-like form at upper left, its arm stretched down and left. The reclining figure rests on a cloud-like mass at lower right, head turned upward, drawn with loose, rapid strokes.

Artist

Jacques Louis David

Date

n.d.

Medium

Black chalk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2481 × 2978 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1963