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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1815.12.26
People
Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
Title
Prince Joseph Napoleon, Later King of Naples and Subsequently King of Spain; verso: blank page
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1805-1806
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194154

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon over graphite, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
23.7 x 17.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower left, brown ink: [paraph of Eugène David; Lugt 839]
  • inscription: recto, lower center, graphite, by David: Louis d'Hollande [crossed out in black crayon]; [lower right:] joseph Napoleon

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jacques-Louis David, David Estate sale, Paris, A. N. Pérignon, 1826. sale, April 17, 1826, lot 75 or 79
Duchesse de Bassano, to her daughter Mlle de Bassano.
Mademoiselle de Bassano.
Martin Birnbaum, purchased from Mlle de Bassano, 1937, for Grenville L. Winthrop.
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, purchased 1937, bequest to Fogg, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1815.12.26
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary
The previous page (numbered 25) was removed before the sketchbook was acquired by the Fogg.

Publication History

  • Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825: Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Leonardo Arte (Milan, 2002), cat. no. 1662, repr. recto

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