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Description: Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court

TitleStudy for The Oath of the Tennis Court

Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1790

Object typeDrawing

Materialsbrown and black ink and graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions26 1/16 x 39 in. (66.2 x 99 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/297563

Accession number1943.799

SubjectsArtists' preparatory studiesDrawing, French--18th centuryFrance--History--Revolution, 1789-1799Tennis Court Oath, Versailles, France, 1789

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.71-129

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00327.3

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Chapter subject tags:France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799Tennis Court Oath, Versailles, France, 1789David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825Portraits, French--18th centuryArt and society--France--History--18th centuryPainting, French--19th centuryArt--Political aspects--France--18th centuryFrance--History--Reign of Terror, 1793-1794

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Harmon Siegel

PublisherHarvard Art Museums

Related print edition pages: pp.118-124

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00039.010

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