Cleveland Museum of Art
The Prisoner
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825) · c. 1816–22
Scholars have suggested that Jacques-Louis David might have intended this drawing as a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, who the artist supported. The former leader died a prisoner on the island of Saint Helena in 1821.
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