Innocent-Louis Goubaud (1780-1847)

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I seated on the Throne in Coronation Robes

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Innocent-Louis Goubaud (1780-1847)
Portrait of Emperor Napoléon I seated on the Throne in Coronation Robes
signed and dated 'Goubaud 1815'
black and white chalk on light brown paper stretched on a board from the papermaker AU COQ-HONORE Alphonse Giroux et Cie..'
580 x 464 mm.

Provenance

An Imperial Household wax stamp with the Imperial Eagle.

Lot Essay

A student of Gaspard Landi in Rome, Goubaud was appointed Drawing Master at the Ecole centrale de dessin in Marseilles and Director of the Museum. Goubaud became Drawing Master to the King of Rome in 1808. Loyal to Napoléon in 1815, he went into exile to Brussels and London.

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