# Study for the Portrait of General Desaix

- By: Andrea Appiani (Italian, Milan 1754–1817 Milan)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Medium: Black and white chalk on blue paper
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 12 1/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30.7 x 24.1 cm)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/377598)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP807709.jpg
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