1943.1815.13.53: Napoleon Crowning Josephine; verso: Napoleon Raising the Crown in His Right Hand and Holding His Sword with His Left Hand

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1815.13.53

People

Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)

Title

Napoleon Crowning Josephine; verso: Napoleon Raising the Crown in His Right Hand and Holding His Sword with His Left Hand

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1805-1824

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/191046

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black crayon and graphite

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

1943.1815.13.53

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 102b, repr. (recto, with p. 54 verso)
• Bernard Noël, L. David, Crown Publishers Inc. (New York, NY, 1989), repr. p. 63 (pages 54 verso and 53 recto)
• Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825: Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Leonardo Arte (Milan, 2002), cat. no. 1677, repr. recto and verso

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