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AN INK FIGURE DRAWING BY SWEBACH FOR A BATTLE SCENE PAINTING, SIGNED, 1786 - Drawn by Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, signed on the lower right with the Latin letter ”F” for Fecit (made it). Dated 1786, housed in the 19th century frame. Footnote: Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines was a painter and designer. He was first of all a pupil of his father and then of Michel Hamon-Duplessis in Paris, renowned for his military, battle and history scenes, he also painted genre scenes and landscapes. He worked at the Manufacture de Sèvres for which he created many cartoons. He was its first painter from 1802 to 1813, and then between 1815 and 1817 he directed the imperial porcelain factory in Saint Petersburg. Among his most remarkable works, we must cite ”Napoleon Crossing the Danube” which won him the first grand prize at the Paris Salon where he exhibited very regularly from 1791 to 1824 as well as the equestrian portrait of Joséphine Bonaparte which he received an order in 1800 for La Malmaison. At the request of Napoleon I, he also produced the ”encyclopedic service” inspired by the Encyclopedia of Sciences, Arts and Crafts of Diderot and d'Alembert, which is kept in the Louvre Museum. Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines' works appear in many museums, including Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Moscow, the Carnavalet Museum in Paris, and Versailles. Please make all inquiries before bidding. All lots are sold ”as-is”, refer to our T&C. Helios Auctions does not ship in-house. A list of recommended shippers will be provided. Dimensions: 6 X 6 in., (15 x 15 cm.) Condition: Very good. Some minor discoloration to bottom right corner of matting. Light foxing as expected for age.