This painting is an upper-body portrait of a seated man. His body is turned to the left, while his face is turned to the right. His facial features include a fair complexion with a ruddy glow on his cheeks, prominently arched gray eyebrows, gray eyes, and pink lips that appear to be uneven, with the left side higher than the right side. His hair is short, gray, and wavy. The man is dressed in formal attire, wearing a dark green-blue coat over a white waistcoat and a white cravat around his neck, with a striped yellow, red, blue, and white shirt peeking out around his collar. He has a red…
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

Jacques-Louis David

painter Anonymous Artist

Studio of related artist Georges Rouget (French, 1784 - 1869)

c. 1813/1815

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 89.2 x 67.8 cm (35 1/8 x 26 11/16 in.) ; framed: 118.4 x 96.5 x 9.5 cm (46 5/8 x 38 x 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art