Military Empire Painting Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

Oil painting on panel from the early 19th century representing a singing officer by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet. Very interesting painting first of all for its subject, genre scene painting representing a lieutenant singing at the top of his lungs in an assembly or in a tavern and the remarkable quality of production mastered by this great painter of militaria. Nicolas Charlet 1792 1840 was a great painter specializing in scenes from the first empire, friend of Gericault with whom he traveled to England. He was a student of Gros and is present in the museums of Lyon Évreux and Orléans. Very good-natured, he liked to drink and sing, an amusing parallel with this painting. Label on the back, signature at the bottom left where we can read the name of the lieutenant. Frame dimensions 29 by 38.