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Laetizia Bonaparte, vue de face et en buste
Madame Mère (Mother of Napoleon)
Laetizia Bonaparte, vue de face et en buste
Jacques Louis David (French, 1748–1825)
about 1817–20
Medium/Technique
Black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 17.1 x 10.8 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Framed: 34.3 x 27.9 cm (13 1/2 x 11 in.)
Framed: 34.3 x 27.9 cm (13 1/2 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2555
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Rosenberg Prat 385
DescriptionLikely done from memory in Brussels in preparation for the second version of the "Coronation" (Schnapper)
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: NIB (HONIG)
InscriptionsBottom: S.A>J. Madame Mère/ de S.M. l/Empereur/ par David
Information on frame
Information on frame
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Paris, Rhode Island; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)