PIERRE-JEAN DAVID, called DAVID D’ANGERS
Angers 1788–1856 Paris
Charles-Nicolas, baron Fabvier (1782-1855), 1829
Signed and dated on the slate support, beneath the truncation, DAVID / 1829; also, inscribed on the left border with the name of the sitter, Colonel Fabvier
Wax model with traces of plaster on slate
Including the slate support, 5 ¼ x 4 ⅞ inches
13 x 12.4 cm
Provenance
M. Louis-Joseph-Marie-François Pavie (1782-1859), Angers, thence by descent to
Mme. Voisin-Chasle, Angers (her sale: Angers, Hôtel des Ventes du Maine, 14 June 1994, lot 29, illustrated p. 4)
Trinity Fine Art, London, 1995
Matthew Rutenberg (1956-2019), New York
By descent
Exhibitions
New York, Trinity Fine Art at Newhouse Galleries, Old Master Drawings and European Works of Art, 4-18 May 1995, pp. 144-45, cat. no. 129, illustrated
Literature
Cf. G. Chesnau and C. Metzger, Les Oeuvres de David d’Angers, Angers, 1934, p. 217, cat. no. 553, for the example of the bronze medallion in the Musée d’Angers
Cf. J. G. Reinis, The Portrait Medallions of David d’Angers, New York, 1999, p. 174, cat. no. 174, illustrated, for an example of the bronze medallion
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK