Antique 1816 Carle Vernet Route de St Cloud Horse Carriage Aquatint Engraving 8"

Description

Early 19th century French aquatint engraving titled "Route de St. Cloud" after Carle Vernet's series Scènes de la vie quotidienne, Route et Chemins (Scenes of Daily Life, Roads and Paths). It features a equestrian scene with horse pulling carriage / buggy packed with passengers along a cobbled stone road. Published circa 1816 by Bance. Marked with a crowned BR in an oval, mimicking a British Royal cypher. Giltwood frame with raised bevel; off white and black layered mat.

"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. Antonine Vernet, know as Carle, was born in Bordeaux, France. At the age of five, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, but went through the regular academical course as a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), he seemed to lose interest in the profession, and 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 learned 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. 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's Italian campaign won acclaim as did the Battle of Marengo, and for his Morning of Austerlitz Napoleon awarded him the Legion of Honour, and Louis XVIII of France awarded him the Order of Saint Michael. Afterwards he excelled in hunting scenes and depictions of horses. In addition to being a painter and lithographer, Carle Vernet was an avid horseman. Just days before his death at the age of seventy-eight, he was seen racing as if he were a sprightly young man. He died in Paris." (Source: askART)

Condition

Good Overall - Gentle wear to frame; discoloration to paper

Dimensions

7.5" x 1" x 6.25" / Sans Frame - 4.5" x 3.25" (Width x Depth x Height)