Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner print by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David.

  • David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825.
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[1821]
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3087362i
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Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner print by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced June 2020: Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner engraving by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David.

Description

Leonidas, king of Sparta, as the central figure in the large painting by David which was finished in 1814. He is shown at Thermopylae before the battle against the Persians, raising his eyes upwards in an expression of foreboding and summoning up courage

Publication/Creation

A Paris (rue St Honoré no. 142) : chez Potrel, doreur ; [Paris] (Boulevard des Italiens no. 11) : Et chez Benard, [1821]

Physical description

1 print : crayon manner ; platemark 70 x 53.5 cm

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Tête d'étude de Léonidas. Dessinée d'après le tableau des Thermophyles peint par Mr. David, Membre des Académies de Vienne et de Rome. Dessinée par Laguiche. Gravée sous la direction de Mr David par Noel Bertrand. Déposé à la Direction.

References note

Bibliographie de la France, 17 novembre 1821, no. 584 ("Tête d'étude de Léonidas, à la manière du crayon noir, d'après David, par Noël Bertrand. A Paris, chez Potrelle.")--Image of France database no. 12071
Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome II, Paris 1937, p. 328, no. 27 ("Tête d'étude de Léonidas, gr. pl. (chez Potrelle, 1821), S. 1822, d'apr. David et sous sa direction, dess. de Laguiche")

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Wellcome Collection 3087362i

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