Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, ca. 1788, Black chalk and brown ink on paper, 9 7/16 x 12 1/8 in. (23. 9 x 30. 8 cm), Drawings, Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748?1825 Brussels), This drawing is one of numerous studies for David?s masterly painting in the Louvre. The subject, drawn from Roman Republican history, describes the return of the sons of Brutus for burial. It was Brutus himself (flourished 510 B