Provenance
Estate of the artist (sale, Paris, 17 April 1826, under no. 66; withdrawn); Mme. David (sale, Paris, 11 March 1835, under no. 16); purchased by one of David's pupils, Mlle. X (name obliterated);[1] by descent in her family; (Bruno de Bayser, Paris); purchased 1998 by NGA.
[1] According to inscription on flyleaf.
Accession Number
1998.105.1
Medium
album of 61 drawings and 21 tracings in an album consisting of 22 pages in all, with 21 rectos and 2 versos bearing drawings
Dimensions
overall (size of closed album): 52.2 x 35.5 cm (20 9/16 x 14 in.) | page size (greenish pages): 48.6 x 33 cm (19 1/8 x 13 in.) | page size (white pages): 50.5 x 33.4 cm (19 7/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund