Mirabeau's reply to Dreux-Brézé (June 23, 1789) - Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
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Date :
1830
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
71x104 cm
Storage Location :
Main number : RF 1984 18
Signed work
Description
"Go and tell your master that we are here by order of the people, and we shall only get out by the power of bayonets."
History :
1. Signed lower middle.
2. Submitted to the competition organized in 1830 for the decoration of the Salle des Séances of the Chambre des Députés, in the Palais Bourbon.
Purchased by the Louvre in 1984.
Technical Data
Notice #024283
Image editing :
Image web
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Stéphane Maréchalle