Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

Pope Pius VII in Profile, bust-length

Details

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
Pope Pius VII in Profile, bust-length
signed 'L.D' (recto) and with inscription 'VII Esquisse de Pie VII par David 1817.' (recto) and 'Pope Pius 7^.^. sketched by David 1817' and with extensive inscriptions on a label attached to the verso
pen and brown ink on lime-stone
107 x 91 mm.

Provenance

Robinson, Rokeby Hall, Dunleer.

Sale room notice

This lot should not be daggered.

Lot Essay

This portrait was executed in 1817, during David's exile in Bruxelles, after the figure of Pope Pius VII from the Coronation of the Emperor painted in 1808, A. Schnapper et. al, Jacques-Louis David, exhib. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1990, no. 233, illustrated. The handling is close to that of the small profile portrait of Danton by David sold at Christie's, 4 July 1989, lot 189, illustrated.

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