The Public in the Salon of the Louvre, Viewing the Painting of the "Sacre"

begun 1808

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Artist, French, 1761 - 1845

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor over traces of graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 59.5 x 80.3 cm (23 7/16 x 31 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.182.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antoine-Vincent Arnault (sale, Paris, Coutelier, 15-18 April 1835, lot 20); W.W. Hope (sale, Paris, Pouchet, 12 June 1855, lot 32); Eugène Tondu (apparently his sale, Paris, Pillet, 24 April 1865); Emile Delagarde, by 1930; E.M. Hermes; (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 November 1984, lot 1); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Exposition L.-L. Boilly, Jacques Seligmann & Fils, Paris, 1930, no. 101.

1985

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1985, no. 107 (checklist only).

1986

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 101.

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 85.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 84.

1989

  • 1789: French Art During the Revolution, Colnaghi Gallery, New York, 1989, no. 5.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 105.

1995

  • The Art of Louis-Léopold Boilly: Modern Life in Napoleonic France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996, no. 37b.

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 101.

1999

  • Dominique-Vivant Denon: L'oeil de Napoléon, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1999-2000, no. 374

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 202.

2004

  • "Le Sacre de Napoléon Peint par David", Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2004-2005, no. 40.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1898

  • Harisse, Henry. L.-L. Boilly Peintre, Dessinateur et Lithographe: Sa Vie et son Oeuvre 1761-1845. Paris, 1898: 24-25, no. 1145.

1913

  • Marmottan, Paul. Le peintre Louis Boilly (1791-1845). Paris, 1913: 123.

1934

  • Goldschmidt, Ernst.Frankrigs Malerkunst, dens Farve, dens Historie. Copenhagen, 1934: 140, 142, 210, reprod. p. 135.

1973

  • Chatelain, Jean. Dominique Vivant Denon at le Louvre de Napoléon. Paris, 1973: repro. between pages 192 and 193.

1985

  • Duret-Robert, François. "Deux longueurs d'avance pour Madame Vigée-Le Brun," Connaissance des arts, 395 (January 1985): repro. 92.

  • Eliel, C.S. "Form and Content in the Genre Works of Louis-Léopold Boilly," Ph.D. dissertation, New York University Institute of Fine Arts, 1985: 39-42.

1990

  • Horii, Toshio. "From the Age of Refinement to the World of the Tempest."In Revolution in Fashion: European Clothing, 1715-1815, New York, 1990: repro. 124.

1995

  • Siegfried, Susan L. The Art of Louis-Léopold Boilly: Modern Life in Napoleonic France. Exh. cat. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 37b.

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 101.

2005

  • Fahy, Everett. The Wrightsman Pictures. New Haven, 2005: 287, under cat. 76, fig. 4.

Wikidata ID

Q64594035

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