# Sorrow

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/sorrow-rfd863227881a5c>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [DAVID, Jacques-Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Coloured chalks on paper, 535 x 410 mm

## Commentary

Although defeated in the Prix de Rome in 1773, David had the satisfaction of winning the prize for the best drawing of an expressive head, with his image of Sorrow.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory of the French People Offering the Crown and Sceptre to the King](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/allegory-of-the-french-people-offering-the-crown-and-sceptre-to-the-king-rc816fb8bdc4adb>)
- [Andromache Mourning Hector](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/andromache-mourning-hector-re95a78135db9a4>)
- [Anne-Marie-Louise Thélusson, Comtesse de Sorcy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/anne-marie-louise-thlusson-comtesse-de-sorcy-r3aebb35592e9ea>)
- [Antiochus and Stratonica](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/antiochus-and-stratonica-red4c999b33e109>)
- [Belisarius Receiving Alms](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/belisarius-receiving-alms-r427703bf0a794f>)
- [Bonaparte, Calm on a Fiery Steed, Crossing the Alps \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/bonaparte-calm-on-a-fiery-steed-crossing-the-alps-detail-rdd42ab7be690fd>)
- [Bonaparte, Calm on a Fiery Steed, Crossing the Alps](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/bonaparte-calm-on-a-fiery-steed-crossing-the-alps-r1ccae70b2c0e89>)
- [Brutus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/brutus-re834a8bc118b52>)
- [Christ on the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/christ-on-the-cross-r856c9c7e64f35d>)
- [Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/consecration-of-the-emperor-napoleon-i-and-coronation-of-the-empress-josephine-r812a02aa2b6a5b>)
- [Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/consecration-of-the-emperor-napoleon-i-detail-r6f0af8f6299a86>)
- [Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/david-jacques-louis-rbd07aa6641b868/consecration-of-the-emperor-napoleon-i-detail-r9d9c5a3b0febb0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)