Name: Antique Master Print-DEUXIEME-SUITE-DE-CHEVAUX-N18-Levachez-Vernet-c.1800
SKU: PICTURA-07055
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Antique Master Print-DEUXIEME-SUITE-DE-CHEVAUX-N18-Levachez-Vernet-c.1800

€225.00

‘DEUXIEME SUITE DE CHEVAUX NO. 18 D’APRES CARLE & HORACE VERNET / LEVACHEZ SCULPT. A PARIS, RUE ST. LAZARE, NO. 42’

– A hunter crouched and aiming a rifle with a dog running ahead; his saddled horse stands calmly behind him. Rural backdrop with haystacks in the distance.

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Description

Medium: Aquatint etching on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 41 x 31.1 cm (16.14 x 12.24 inch). Image size: 35 x 25.3 cm. (13.78 x 9.96 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Paper loss in bottom margin, backed. Light foxing and creasng. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HORSE, HUNTER, DOG, SHOOTING, VERNET, EQUESTRIAN, RURAL SCENE, 19TH CENTURY, CARLE VERNET, HORACE VERNET, LEVACHEZ, FRENCH LITHOGRAPHY | PCO-B8-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Deuxieme Suite de Chevaux.

Biography engraver: Charles Francois Gabriel Levachez (fl. 1789-1828), French engraver and occasional publisher. Son of Nicolas Francois Levachez. Known for lithographs and mezzotints.

Biography artist: Carle Vernet (1758-1836) and his son Horace Vernet (1789-1863) were leading French painters and lithographers, known for military scenes, horses, and genre subjects. Horace became known for his vivid realism and speed of execution, and held major commissions from French royalty.