Lot 196
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Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (Montargis 1767-1824 Paris)
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Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (Montargis 1767-1824 Paris)

The death of Hannibal

Details
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (Montargis 1767-1824 Paris)
The death of Hannibal
inscribed 'JOVE...'
black chalk, brown and grey wash heightened with white on brown prepared paper, the sheet extended at the upper and side margins
8¾ x 11 5/8 in. (221 x 295 mm.)
Provenance
N. Révil; Paris, 30 March 1842, lot 107 (as 'La mort d'Annibal: le guerrier, étendu mort au pied de l'autel de Jupiter, est entouré d'une foule de guerriers et de soldats qui venaient pour l'arrêter; une coupe est renversée sur le devant à terre. Dessin vigoureusement lavé à l'encre de Chine, mêlé de bistre et rehaussé de blanc').
Literature
J. Boutet-Loyer, Girodet, exhib. cat., Montargis, Musée Girodet, 1983, under no. 42.
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Lot Essay

A variation of the composition by Girodet is at Montargis (J. Boutet-Loyer, op. cit., no. 42). That drawing, much smaller than the present one, bears the size of the final work, 10 pieds by 13 pieds. Jacqueline Boutet-Loyer mentions two further drawings by Girodet of the subject, one from Firmin-Didot's collection and another sold in Paris in 1862, but these could equally correspond to the present drawing or the one at Montargis.

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