![DAVID, Jacques Louis (1748-1825). Autograph letter signed to Monsieur Bernier, n.p. [Paris], 'ce 2 Prairial an XIII' [22 May 1805], asking him to allow another artist to collect a work which he had left with David and is in the place where the 'Sabines' was, and referring to himself 'Vous voyez que je vous ai tenu parole, j'ai quitte le blouson avant l'epoque même que je vous avais fixée', one page, 8vo, integral address leaf ('Monsieur Bernier, architecte du Louvre').](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1995/CKS/1995_CKS_05424_0389_000(103240).jpg?w=1)
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DAVID, Jacques Louis (1748-1825). Autograph letter signed to Monsieur Bernier, n.p. [Paris], 'ce 2 Prairial an XIII' [22 May 1805], asking him to allow another artist to collect a work which he had left with David and is in the place where the 'Sabines' was, and referring to himself 'Vous voyez que je vous ai tenu parole, j'ai quitte le blouson avant l'epoque même que je vous avais fixée', one page, 8vo, integral address leaf ('Monsieur Bernier, architecte du Louvre').
David, and many other artists who had their studios within the Louvre were turned out by the new director, Denon, in 1805.
David, and many other artists who had their studios within the Louvre were turned out by the new director, Denon, in 1805.