Carle Vernet, Aquatinte Origin. 1797

Genuine Original Antique
Available for sale is an original aquatint After Carle Vernet (Carle Antoine-Charles-Horace), (1758-1836) entitled Cheval anglais partant pour la course; pair by Lefèvre- Marchand. 1797, full page no holes . defects, bad creases etc .A fine hunting print after one of the greatest French horse painters of the 19th century Vernet was a member of a prominent family of French painters. His father was a well-known marine painter, but his son, Carle Vernet, rose to fame under the empire with his drawings of the Italian campaign and his paintings The Battle of Marengo and Morning of Austerlitz. Under the Restoration he was popular as a lithographer and painter of dogs, horses, racing and scenes of the hunt. His son Émile Jean Horace Vernet, 1789-1863 went on to become one of the most popular military painters of the 19th century.Size: 46 x 58 cm.