DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

A Quadriga with Napoleon in the Chariot

18th-19th century

Artists

Merry-Joseph BlondelArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and brown wash with touches of white chalk on oiled antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 22.6 x 36.9 cm (8 7/8 x 14 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Achille Leclère. Achille Lecère and heirs Mme. Fassier. Claude Darton, Avignon. Unidentified Dealer, Paris. Lucien Goldschmidt, New York. Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan, New York.

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