Study for "The Oath of the Tennis Court"
c. 1790
Artists
Description
The drawing was previously folded into sixteenths, although currently the folds dividing it into eighths are more visible. On the verso, two of the eight sections are covered in brown wash strokes, presumably offloading the brush or testing (by David or someone else).
Dimensions
66.2 x 99 cm (26 1/16 x 39 in.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to his student José de Madrazo y Agudo; his son Federigo de Madrazo y Kuntz; his son Mariano Fortuny y Marsal; his son Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo; acquired through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, october 1934 (Fr. 25,000); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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