Pierre-Paul PRUD'HON (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823) Header project for the Senate, French Constitution of the year VIII Black stone on paper. Signed lower right in pencil: "Prud'hon". On the reverse side of the old mount, inscription in pen and ink: "Prud'hon". 13,9 x 12 cm Provenance: Former collection of Jules Protat (1852-1906), printer and collector, Macon, in 1900. Exhibition: Exposition centennale de l'art français, Paris, 1900, cat. 1255 ("Belongs to M. Jules Protat"). Bibliography: - C. Clément, Prud'hon, sa vie, ses œuvres et sa correspondance, Paris, 2nd edition, 1872, p. 227 (erroneously reported in the collection of M. Henri Baudot). - J. Guiffrey, L'Œuvre de Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Paris, 1924, p. 418, cat. 1081 (also wrongly reported in the collection of M. Henri Baudot, then collection of M. Jules Protat). Preparatory drawing for the official letterhead of the Conservative Senate, engraved by Barthélemy Roger (1770-1841).
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Pierre-Paul PRUD'HON (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823) Header project for the Senate, French Constitution of the year VIII Black stone on paper. Signed lower right in pencil: "Prud'hon". On the reverse side of the old mount, inscription in pen and ink: "Prud'hon". 13,9 x 12 cm Provenance: Former collection of Jules Protat (1852-1906), printer and collector, Macon, in 1900. Exhibition: Exposition centennale de l'art français, Paris, 1900, cat. 1255 ("Belongs to M. Jules Protat"). Bibliography: - C. Clément, Prud'hon, sa vie, ses œuvres et sa correspondance, Paris, 2nd edition, 1872, p. 227 (erroneously reported in the collection of M. Henri Baudot). - J. Guiffrey, L'Œuvre de Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Paris, 1924, p. 418, cat. 1081 (also wrongly reported in the collection of M. Henri Baudot, then collection of M. Jules Protat). Preparatory drawing for the official letterhead of the Conservative Senate, engraved by Barthélemy Roger (1770-1841).

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Pierre-Paul PRUD'HON (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823) Header project for the Senate, French Constitution of the year VIII Black stone on paper. Signed lower right in pencil: "Prud'hon". On the reverse side of the old mount, inscription in pen and ink: "Prud'hon". 13,9 x 12 cm Provenance: Former collection of Jules Protat (1852-1906), printer and collector, Macon, in 1900. Exhibition: Exposition centennale de l'art français, Paris, 1900, cat. 1255 ("Belongs to M. Jules Protat"). Bibliography: - C. Clément, Prud'hon, sa vie, ses œuvres et sa correspondance, Paris, 2nd edition, 1872, p. 227 (erroneously reported in the collection of M. Henri Baudot). - J. Guiffrey, L'Œuvre de Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Paris, 1924, p. 418, cat. 1081 (also wrongly reported in the collection of M. Henri Baudot, then collection of M. Jules Protat). Preparatory drawing for the official letterhead of the Conservative Senate, engraved by Barthélemy Roger (1770-1841).
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