Sketchbook No. 20: Studies for "The Coronation of Napoleon"
1805-1824
Artists
Description
Bound quarto volume, three-quarters green parchment binding, green marbled boards.
Dimensions
21.8 x 17.1 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
David sale, A.N. Pérignon, Paris, April 17, 1826, and following days, no. 75 or 79; Mme la duchesse de Bassano; Mlle de Bassano, Paris; acquired from her through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, November 1937 ($66,000 for cat nos. 19 and 20); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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