1805-1806
23.7 x 17.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
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.
Black chalk with extensive stumping and erasures on cream wove paper
19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite on cream laid paper
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19th centuryFrenchPastel on brown wove paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on darkened tracing paper, mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchAlbum of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink on tracing paper, darkened and mounted to laid paper
19th centuryFrenchColored chalks, brown wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk
19th centuryFrench?