Napoleon, Nude, Crowning Himself While Holding a Sword; verso: Napoleon, Nude, Crowning Himself | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1815.13.2
People: Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
Title: Napoleon, Nude, Crowning Himself While Holding a Sword; verso: Napoleon, Nude, Crowning Himself
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: sketchbook page, drawing
Date: 1805-1824
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/190881

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black crayon over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite, squared in black crayon
Dimensions: 21 x 16.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1815.13.2

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825: Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Leonardo Arte (Milan, 2002), cat. no. 1730, repr. recto and verso
Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 130, repr. (pages 2 verso/3 recto)

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Verification Level

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