François Gérard, known as Baron GERARD (Rome 1770 - Paris 1837) Study for the Figure of Death in the Pantheon Black stone on beige paper 23.5 x 32 cm Tiled with red chalk (irregular edges, small lack at bottom right, adhesive at top) Another preparatory study of the same subject is in the Musée du Louvre (see : A. Serullaz, Gérard, Girodet et Gros, l'atelier de David, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2005, fig.15, rep.)