Lot n° 23
Estimation :
4000 - 6000
EUR
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: 15 663EUR
Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte de la Roche dit) (1797-1856) - Lot 23
Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte de la Roche dit) (1797-1856)
Study for the portrait of Napoleon 1st
Black pencil
28 x 24 cm
Provenance: Horace Paul Delaroche-Vernet Collection, stamped lower right (L.1301)
Expert: Cabinet de Bayser
provenance: Delaroche-Vernet family
Note: very interesting annotations in ink on the back tracing the history of the drawing, including a handwritten label by Horace Delaroche-Vernet (1866-1931):
"Etude pour le tableau intitulé "Napoléon dans son cabinet" peint par Paul Delaroche, en 1837 pour lady Sandwich.
In Jules Goddé's catalog raisonné of Paul Delaroche's work, published by Goupil Cie (Paris -1858), I find the following information:
"The uniform of the old guard was lent by the emperor's valet de chambre, Baron Marchant (sic); the sword is that worn by Napoleon at Waterloo.
The epaulette was lithographed by Princess Marie d'Orléans, Duchess Alexandre de Wurtemberg.
For the lower part of the face, Paul Delaroche made a pencil study after the Prince de Musignan (who died Prince de Casino)".
This study was given to me by my cousin, Madame Georges de Saint-Maurice, née Louise Delaroche.
Horace Delaroche-Vernet."
Our drawing is to be compared with the painting depicting Napoleon 1er in his study in 1807; presented at Me Osenat, attributed to Paul Delaroche, itself annotated by Lady Sandwich on the back who gave very similar indications and of which an archive photograph showed the painting in its interior. (Sold on 12/11/2014 during the sale of the extraordinary Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco. JC Dey expert. See photo 5 - Copyright Osenat)
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