The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries

Details

Attributed to Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)
The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries
with inscription 'David'
pencil
7½ x 4½ in. (19 x 11.4 cm.)

Provenance

Favre de Thierrens.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 June 1990, lot 64.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Related to David's painting, The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Palais des Tuileries (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Inv. K2046) which was commissioned by Alexander, Marquess of Douglas, later 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852) in 1811 and completed the following year. There is another preparatory drawing by David for this painting in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Besançon (P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 2002, I, no. 309).

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