Figure study "pendant la bataille".

Drawing, charcoal, black and white chalk, 32,5 x 41,8 cm, brown paper, signed and dated at lower right "F.J. Navez 26 fevr. 1830" (many white spots, sm. hole of 4 mm at lower left).

Under gilt wooden frame (not studied outside frame).

Study sheet with five figures in dramatic poses. Preparatory sketch for a larger painting. François-Joseph Navez (1787-1869) was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He is considered one of the most prominent Belgian neo-classical painters.