Camahnes des Francais sous le Consulat & Empire Album..Portrait de Napoleon I,..Carle Vernet,,

Title

Camahnes des Francais sous le Consulat & Empire Album..Portrait de Napoleon I,..Carle Vernet,,

Book shows on 52 big copper prints the battles of Napoleon I with views of Berlin, Danzig, Wien, ferner Madrid, Turin, Neapel, Venedig, Moskau etc. , on 5 sheets the portraits of all important generals, 1 sheet a portrait of Napoleon I.

ca. 1769

Artist

Vernet (1758-1836)

Carle Vernet (1758 - 1836) came from a well-known family of artists – his father was the painter Claude Joseph Vernet. He received a classical education at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris and won the Prix de Rome in 1782, which allowed him to study in Italy. He became especially famous for his lively, dynamic depictions of horses, riders, and battle scenes, particularly from the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Carle was a master of capturing the movement and anatomy of horses, earning him a reputation as one of the finest horse painters of his time. In addition to his war paintings, he also created caricatures and hunting scenes, and later worked with lithography. His works often combined realism with a certain elegance, which made them popular among both the military and the aristocracy. Carle Vernet was also the father of the even more famous painter Horace Vernet, who likewise gained great renown as a painter of battles and historical scenes.