The last days of Charlet Plume, watercolor and wash on paper, signature on the right Chabrillac and dated 1845.
Very good condition.
This moving drawing represents Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet making a drawing for his son before he died in 1845. His grieving wife is sketched just behind him. A sculpture representing Napoleon I is placed on his desk to recall the works of Charlet around the First Empire.
Dimensions:
With frame: 27 x 25.5 cm
At sight: 13 x 11.7 cm