Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace Vernet) Furniture

Antique French hand tinted harbour scene, ''Domino Francisco Felici Simoni de Villette'' by Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836), circa 1870 Measures - 23" h x 26" w x 1" d framed; 13" h x 17" w sight Biography Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (14 August 1758 – 17 November 1836) was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet, and the father of Horace Vernet. Born in Bordeaux, Vernet was a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery. In his Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular. Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. After this, he gave up art. The Plaster Kiln at Montmartre When he again began to produce under the French Directory (1795–1799), his style had changed radically. He started drawing in minute detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon. His drawings of...

Antique hand-tinted print depicts French harbour fishing scene, lower border reads "Vue Proche Du Mont-Ferrat. Grave d'apres le Tableau original, Peint par Vernet, appartenant a Godefroy de Villetanence, A Paris des Basam" (translated "Close view of Mont-Ferrat. Grave from the Original Painting, Painted by Vernet, belonging to Godefroy de Villetanence, Paris Basam"), circa 1870. Measures: 23" H x 26" W x 1" D. Framed; 13" H x 17" W. Biography Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (14 August 1758 – 17 November 1836) was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet, and the father of Horace Vernet. Born in Bordeaux, Vernet was a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery. In his Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular. Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. After this, he gave up art. The Plaster Kiln at Montmartre When he again began to produce under the French Directory (1795–1799), his style had changed radically. He started drawing in minute detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon. His drawings of Napoleon...