Jacques Louis David
1748-1825
The Campidoglio. Verso: Slight sketch of the plan of the Piazza del Campidoglio
3 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (92 x 184 mm)
Graphite and gray wash on paper.
1988.39:1
Bequest of Mrs. Pauline Jessup.
Notes
Watermark: none.
This drawing is mounted on the same mat as a view of Castel Sant'Angelo (Acc. No. 1988.39:2) by the artist. Both belong to a group of eleven landscapes in the now dismembered album 10 of David's twelve "albums factices", compiled during his first trip to Italy in 1774. In addition to these two drawings, and those after antique subjects (Acc. No. 1978.42:1-2), there are two other leaves from album 10 in the collection of the Library, a profile portrait of Pauline Bonaparte (Acc. No. 1990.37), and an Alpine landscape (Acc. No. 1991.6).
This drawing is mounted on the same mat as a view of Castel Sant'Angelo (Acc. No. 1988.39:2) by the artist. Both belong to a group of eleven landscapes in the now dismembered album 10 of David's twelve "albums factices", compiled during his first trip to Italy in 1774. In addition to these two drawings, and those after antique subjects (Acc. No. 1978.42:1-2), there are two other leaves from album 10 in the collection of the Library, a profile portrait of Pauline Bonaparte (Acc. No. 1990.37), and an Alpine landscape (Acc. No. 1991.6).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink by the artist's two sons Jules and Eugène at the time of the 1828 sale, "E.D./J.D.".
Associated names
David, Eugène, former owner.
David, Jules, former owner.
Chassegnolles, M., former owner.
Ludre, Marquise de, former owner.
Jessup, John Colgate, Mrs., former owner.
David, Jules, former owner.
Chassegnolles, M., former owner.
Ludre, Marquise de, former owner.
Jessup, John Colgate, Mrs., former owner.
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Century Drawings
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