Jacques-Louis DAVID (Paris 1748 - Brussels 1825) Project for an antique chair for the Villa Negroni Pen and brown ink, grey wash over black pencil lines 21.2 x 15.2 cm Slightly oiled, small stains Initialled by David's sons at the bottom (L.1437) and (L.838) Our drawing is the first idea for the siege of Brutus as seen on the drawing in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Los Angeles) Provenance : Former B.Houthakker collection, his stamp lower right (L.3893) Bibliography : P. Rosenberg and L.A. Prat, "Jacques Louis David, Catalogue raisonné du dessin", Leonardo Arte, 2022, Mondadori Electa Spa, Milan p 530, no. 711 rep