From the Library of Alexandre Brongniart, Director of the Manufacture Royale de Sèvres
Statues, Bustes, Bas-Reliefs, Bronzes, et autres Antiquités, Peintures, Dessins, et Objets curieux, conquis par la Grande Armée, dans les années 1806 et 1807; dont l’exposition a eu lieu le 14 Octobre 1807…
ii, 109 pp. 12mo (155 x 100 mm.), cont. orange paste-paper wrappers (extremities a little frayed), label in manuscript on upper cover, stitched as issued. Paris: Dubray, 1807.
A livret documenting the sculptures, antiquities, paintings, and drawings assembled for an exhibition celebrating the French victory at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt (1806). This catalogue consists of 710 entries, many extensively described with scholarly notes. Artists whose works were shown include J. Asselijn, Bakhuizen, Bega, Bol, S. Bourdon, Brauwer, Canaletto, An. Carracci, Cranach, Dow, Dürer, van Eyck, both Poussin, Giorgione, H. Holbein, Jordaens, Lairesse, A. Mignon, A. & I. van Ostade, Potter, Rembrandt, Rubens, ter Borch, Tintoretto, Titian, Veronese, Weenix, etc. The title of the catalogue is a little misleading: nos. 283-650 are paintings and nos. 650-685 drawings.
Nice copy. From the library of Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), the celebrated director of the Manufacture Royale (later Nationale) de Sèvres.
❧ Marquet de Vasselot, Répertoire des catalogues du Musée du Louvre (1793-1926) (1927), 128.
Price: $350.00
Item ID: 6783
