Antique Master Print-L'education-Teach a dog to roast a chicken-Vernet-ca. 1816

Erscheinungsdatum: 1816

Beschreibung

Antique Master Print, titled: 'L'education.' - Depiction of a man teaching his dog to roast a chicken. Published by Godefroy Engelmann. Provenance: Unidentified (Not in Lugt) Depiction of a man teaching his dog to roast a chicken. Lithograph on wove paper. Made by 'Carle Vernet' after own design. Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (1758-1835) 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 Lepicie. 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. He was a painter of animals en genre scenes. He specialised in depiction of horses. Vernet worked with lithography and made many prints in this medium. Good, given age. Ample margins, restored tear in lower left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. The overall size is ca. 34.2 x 27.5 cm. The overall size is ca. 13.5 x 10.8 inch. Storage location: TPCLA-A32-21. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 75186

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Titel: Antique Master Print-L'education-Teach a dog...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1816

Zustand: Good