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Zix: Chronicler of Napoleon's Conquests

Result EUR208,400
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 25 September 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) - 14, rue du Rempart-Saint-Étienne - 31000 Toulouse

A sketchbook and twenty-eight drawings by this French artist provide priceless testimony of the advance of Napoleon I's army through Europe.

Benjamin Zix (1772-1811), album (23.5 x 37 cm) containing 28 drawings executed during... Zix: Chronicler of Napoleon's Conquests

Benjamin Zix (1772-1811), album (23.5 x 37 cm) containing 28 drawings executed during the campaigns in Prussia and Poland in 1806-1807, black pencil, pen and Indian ink.
Result: €208,400

This impressive group discovered by a family in South-West France immortalises the imperial campaigns carried out in Germany and Poland between August 1806 and June 1807. They were all finally pre-empted by the Musée du Louvre…
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14, rue du Rempart-Saint-Étienne - 31000 Toulouse
Ivoire - Primardeco
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