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Jazet, after Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon, coloured aquatint, published by Michel Stapleaux, 55 x 42in in original Empire frame. The engraving is reputed said to have been hand-coloured by Jacques-Louis David himself, of which only ten coloured engravings were made. David's original oil of the Coronation of Napoleon is in the Louvre. Provenance: Knoedler and Co., New York

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