Jean-auguste-dominique ingres (montauban, 1780 - paris, 1867)
don pedro of toledo kissing the sword of henry iv
graphite and heightened with white on blue paper, framing lines in pen and brown ink
signed and dated 'ingres. Inv. & fec. 1825' bottom right
caption 'don pedro de toledo meets one day at the louvre an officer who was carrying the sword of henry iv. He / comes forward, puts one knee on the ground, and kisses her saying, "let us give this honor to the most glorious / sword of christianity. "' in the lower margin. 18. 50 x 14 cm. Work included in the album collected for the charity sale organized in favor of the inhabitants of the town of salins-les-bains, destroyed by flames on july 27, 1825, held by me petit in paris, at the painter françois-edouard picot, on september 20, 1825. The disaster caused great excitement throughout the country, relayed by the press. The solidarity which was deployed to help the affected families who had lost everything was the measure of this national emotion and this is how a group of 36 young artists made their contribution by offering drawings brought together in a bound album intended to be sold at auction for the benefit of the salins fire victims. A precious testimony of civic as well as artistic solidarity, this album was exhibited at the drawing dealer schroth on rue de la paix and then sold on september 20, 1825 for the sum of 3,000 francs. Date: 1825.
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