LOT DETAILS

Materials:

black chalk, gray wash on paper

Measurements:

6.54 in. (16.60 cm.) (height) by 8.50 in. (21.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with inscription 'du bon coté'

Literature:

A. Sérullaz, David e Roma, exhib. cat., Rome, Académie de France à Rome, 1981, pp. 58, 66, 70, fig. 25. P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Jacques-Louis David, 1748-1825. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 2002, I, no. 1068, ill.

Provenance:

Eugène (1784-1830) (L. 839) and Jules David (1783-1854) (L. 1437), their initials. The artist's sale; Paris, 17 April 1826, part of lot 66 (withdrawn). The artist's sale; Paris, 11 March 1835, part of lot 16. Anonymous sale; Paris, 4-5 April 1836, part of lot 164. Marquis and Marquise de Ludre; his sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 15 March 1956, part of lot 11 (unsold), then by descent Marquise du Lau d'Allemans and Comtesse de Chaumont-Quitry, Versailles (part of an album). with Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, 1958. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1959, lot 45. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 December 1991, lot 222.