(AUCTION CATALOGUE / PAINTING / JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID.) Catalogue des Tableaux de Galerie et de Chevalet, Dessins , Études, Livres de Croquis . . . de M. Louis David. [2], 4, 24 pages. Thin 8vo, original printed brown wrappers, scattered edgewear with loss of corners and tips; contents slightly toned. Paris: David fils [et al.], and Brussels: Michel Stapleaux, 1826
rare catalogue of david's oeuvre. In addition to being a celebrated public auction of 139 works, the exhibition, organized by the art dealer Alexis-Nicolas Perignon, served as a retrospective of the preeminent painter of the French Revolution. Having fallen out of favor when the Bourbons were restored in 1815, Jacques-Louis David exiled himself to Brussels and died there in December of 1825. The preface states that his heirs had refused several private offers for the collection as they wished to make the paintings accessible to all buyers. The sale took place at the Salle du Gros-Chenet in Paris, April 17, 1826.
