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Frontispiece for the portfolio "Croquis Lithographiques par H. Vernet" — Horace Vernet

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Written by: Lucía WeberSenior Specialist · Illumination (Tezhip)
Illumination (Tezhip) · Catalogue no. 743287
Horace Vernet

Frontispiece for the portfolio “Croquis Lithographiques par H. Vernet”

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington
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Artist / MakerHorace Vernet
Date1818
Culture / OriginFrench
Mediumlithograph [trial proof] on wove paper
Dimensionssheet: 25.7 × 32.5 cm (10 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
DepartmentPrint
TypePrint
About the Artist

Born into a family of artists, Horace Vernet's profession seems to have been inevitable. His father, Carle Vernet (1758-1836), was a painter and lithographer; his grandfathers were Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) and Jean-Michel Moreau the younger (1741-1814), and his uncle the architect Jean-François Chalgrin (1739-1811). While his earliest lessons were given by his father, Vernet also worked in the studio of François-André Vincent (1746-1814) until 1810. The following year Vernet created caricatures for the Journal des dames et des modes, an… Full biography →

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Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.

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