Horace Vernet

1840–48

Not on view

Oval image framed with a band of gold. Vernet is shown seated on a wooden chair, holding a palette and painting an image of a man wearing a robe in a landscape, the canvas propped on an easel.

Artwork Details

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Provenance

Title: Horace Vernet
Lithographer: Emile Desmaisons (French, Paris 1812–1880 Montlignon)
Artist: After George Wilhelm Timm (Russian, Riga 1820–1895 Berlin)
Printer: Lemercier & Cie. (French, Paris)
Publisher: Henri-Jules Jeannin (French, Paris 1802–1854)
Publisher: E. Gambart, Junin & Co. (London)
Sitter: Horace Vernet (French, Paris 1789–1863 Paris)
Date: 1840–48
Medium: Lithograph with tint stone
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (32.3 × 24 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Object Number: 62.600.501
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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