Study for "The Oath of the Tennis Court"
1748 - 1825
Jacques-Louis David
French
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).
Brown and black ink and graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper