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Louis Lafitte (Paris 1770-1828)
Lot 74

Louis Lafitte (Paris 1770-1828)

Allegory of Messidor

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Louis Lafitte (Paris 1770-1828)
Allegory of Messidor
red and white chalk on (faded) blue paper
10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27.4 x 21.4 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23-25 January 1980, lot 194.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

The subject is the allegorical figure of Messidor, the month on the French revolutionary calendar that corresponds to 19 June through 18 July. Lafitte's drawing is a study for Tresca's engraving for the 1795 calendar.