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Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)
Lot 97

Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)

Three women in classical dress, bust length, with anguished expressions

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Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)
Three women in classical dress, bust length, with anguished expressions
signed, dated and inscribed 'L. David. 1819/Brux.'
black chalk
6½ x 7 7/8 in. (16.7 x 20.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Zurich, L'art Ancien [cat. no. 50], n.d., lot 68 (according to Paris 1989).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

This could depict the three Fates - the daughters of Night, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos - women spinning out human destinies like thread, one drawing them out, one measuring them and one cutting them off.