DuMouchelles
Live Auction

The January 2022 Auctions: Day 1

Thu, Jan 20, 2022 11:00AM EST
Lot 45

FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY SCENE, OIL PAINTED WOOD FOLDING SCREEN H 72" W 68"

Estimate: $400 - $800

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Four panels after a painting by Jacques Louis David, In May 1800 Napoleon led his troops across the Alps in a military campaign against the Austrians which ended in their defeat at the Battle of Marengo. It is this achievement the painting commemorates. The reverse shows leather bookbindings. Provenance: Estate of Joan Young, Kalamazoo, Mi.