Leonidas at Thermopylae, ca. 1814, Black chalk, squared in black chalk, 16 x 21 5/8 in. (40. 6 x 54. 9 cm), Drawings, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748?1825 Brussels), This is a compositional study for David's large canvas of the same subject, signed and dated 1814 and today in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. The drawing was executed in two distinct stages, offering a view into the artist's creative process