Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace Vernet) Wall Decorations

An impressive set of 4 Hand colored Italian Equestrian Engravings After Carle Vernet, circa mid 19th century. Each engraving is hand colored and depicts a scene from the race with t...

Vernet equestrian coloured engraving. From the series of of Carl and Horace Vernet’s Horse Engravings. Coloured aquatint engraving entitled Chasse ...

Vernet equestrian coloured engraving. From the series of of Carl and Horace Vernet’s Horse Engravings. Coloured aquatint engraving entitled La Cha...

Vernet equestrian engraving. From the Second Suite of Carl and Horace Vernet’s Horse Engravings. Black and white equestrian scene original with mounted rider on black stallion and h...

Vernet equestrian engraving. From the Third Suite of Carle and Horace Vernet’s Horse Engravings. Black and white fox hunting scene original with hunter, horse and hounds newly re-ma...

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...