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Charles PERCIER and Pierre FONTAINE
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Lot no. 160
Charles PERCIER and Pierre FONTAINE
Frontispiece for the collection of decorations executed in the church of Notre-Dame [...].
Pen and black and red ink over black stone lines.
42.5 x 34 cm
cut and pasted papers
The sketches of the trophies of arms can be found in our lot 244.
Bibliography :
C. Percier and P.F.L. Fontaine, Description des cérémonies et des fêtes [...] pour le couronnement de leurs Majestés Napoléon [...] et Joséphine [...], Paris, 1807, reproduced pl. 1.
Fontaine wrote in his diary: "Isabey will do the figures and scenes, Percier will do the vignettes and ornaments, I will do the architecture and perspectives. I will also take care of the accounting for the whole affair.
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Pierre François Léonard FONTAINE, and his times - Unpublished drawings
75009 Paris - France
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11/21/2025 : 11:00 AM
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