# Head of an Old Man in Profile

- By: Jacques Louis David (French, 1748-1825)
- Date: c. 1791 or 1816–1820
- Medium: Black chalk, on bluish-white laid paper, laid down on tan wove card
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 23 × 23.1 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Gift of the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/11892)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f43d2ea1-a2e9-07de-67c4-7341dfd6d5aa/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)