DAVID Jacques Louis. Paris 1748 - Bruxelles 1825. 1 - Cardinal de Belloy, archbishop of Pari seated, and the grand vicar of the diocese of Paris d'Astroz standing. Graphite. Lower right, in pen and brown ink, initials of Eugène David (Lugt. 839) and Jules David (Lugt. 1436), the artist's sons. Study in connection with Le Couronnement de l'Empereur et de l'Impératrice commissioned by Napoleon from J. L David (1804 - 1807) (Cf. Catalogue of the David exhibition, Musée du Louvre, pp. 399 - 432, especially p. 414 & 415, n° 28 & 31; 1989 - 1990). 2 - On reverse, study of Greek warriors (trumpeters). (Related to Leonidas at Thermopylae). Graphite. Annotated on their lines in the lower part: try this This is how I imagine they must look. Lower right in pen and brown ink initials of the sons of J. L David (L. 839 a 1436). Numbered upper right 22. H. 16.5 - L. 11 cm. Gilded wood frame with oak leaf motif in the corners. Provenance: 1 - Paris, David (Louis) Vente de son atelier, 17 avril 1826 et jours suivants; 2 - Collection Marie Angélique Mongez (1775 - 1855); 3 - Hippolyte Destailleur (1822 - 1893) sa vente, Hotel Drouot, 26 - 27 mai 1893; partie du n° 30 - Livre de croquis. In - 4, cat (?); 4 - New York, 1964, Galerie Wildenstein; 5 - Paris, private collection. Exhibition: Santa Barbara Museum, 1964, European Drawings, 1450 - 1900, no. 93. Bibliography: Pierre Rosenberg & Louis - Antoine Prat, Jacques - Louis David. 1748 - 1825. Catalog raisonné des dessins, T. 1, p. 197 n° 185 et V°, repr - Milan, Leonardo, 2002.