Lot 72
  • 72

Deux dessins de l'entourage du Baron Antoine-Jean Gros

Estimate
400 - 600 EUR
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Description

  • Etude pour 'Napoléon remettant Marie-Louise et le Roi de Rome sous la protection de la garde nationale le 23 février 1814';Desgenettes s'innoculant la peste
  • L'un, porte une signature et une date en haut à gauche: Gros 1805; et porte un paraphe en haut à droite.
  • L'un: crayon noir sur papier beige;
    186 x 235 mm;
    L'autre: crayon noir et lavis sur papier beige;
    240 x 335 mm

Condition

Napoléon putting Marie-Louise and the King of Rome under the protection of the National Guard on 23 February 1814: Good overall condition. This drawing has probably been restored. Framed. "Desgenettes inoculating himself the plague": Some stains, visible on the reproduction. The drawing is not as pink as the reproduction shows. Framed.
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