Lot Essay
As identified by G. Oberreuter Kronabel, the two figures on the left copy a sarcophagus in the Villa Borghese, Rome (op. cit., fig. 8).
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A scene from classical Antiquity
Details
Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)
A scene from classical Antiquity
black chalk, grey wash
6 x 8 3/8 in. (15 x 21.3 cm.)
A scene from classical Antiquity
black chalk, grey wash
6 x 8 3/8 in. (15 x 21.3 cm.)
Provenance
E. and J. David (L. 839 and L. 1437); the artist's studio sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, and following days, lot 66, part of album 6.
Sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, part of lot 16.
with Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, 1978 (cat. Centenaire, no. 58, fol. 1a).
with Galerie de Bayser, Paris, 1979, Louis David: dessins du premier séjour romain, no. 2.
Sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, part of lot 16.
with Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, 1978 (cat. Centenaire, no. 58, fol. 1a).
with Galerie de Bayser, Paris, 1979, Louis David: dessins du premier séjour romain, no. 2.
Literature
G. Oberreuter Kronabel, 'Auf den Spuren J.L. David in Rom', L'art et les révolutions. L'art au temps de la Révolution française' (actes du XXVIIe Congrès international d'Histoire de l'Art, Strasbourg, 1989), Strasbourg, 1992, p. 8 and 17 nt. 6.
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 2002, I, no. 671.
P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 2002, I, no. 671.
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