Louis XV as a Roman Emperor

A standing figure in classical armor and a flowing cloak holds a long staff, drawn in red chalk with white highlights on gray paper. The body turns slightly, and drapery sweeps across the torso and billows behind, with loose sketched lines around the feet and a faint inscription at lower left.

Look closer: A small mark sits in the bottom right corner of the sheet.

Artist

Michel François Dandré-Bardon

Date

ca. 1750–60

Medium

Red and white chalk on gray prepared paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2885 × 3639 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, 2017