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Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child

Jacques-Louis David , 1778

Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child, by Jacques-Louis David, chalk, 1778
Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child, by Jacques-Louis David, chalk, 1778

Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child is a chalk drawing by the Neoclassicist artist Jacques-Louis David. It dates from 1778 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Inscription
Inscribed:lower left: paraphes of E.D. and J.D.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Jacques-Louis David

Artist

Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris on 30 August 1748 into a bourgeois family; his father died in a duel when the boy was nine, and a maternal uncle guided his education.

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Who painted Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child?

Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1778.

Where can I see Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child?

Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child is held by National Gallery of Art.

What movement is Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child?

Kneeling Woman Instructing a Child is associated with Neoclassicism.

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