Attributed to Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748-1825 Brussels)

Related to David's painting, The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Palais des Tuileries (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Inv. K2046) which was commissioned by Alexander, Marquess of Douglas, later 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852) in 1811 and completed the following year. There is another preparatory drawing by David for this painting in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Besançon (P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 2002, I, no. 309).