Carle Vernet Large Chalk Study Of A Horse's Head Circa.1800 Collectors Stamp The Temples of Paestum

The Temples of Paestum

much of the Grande Armée struggled to forsake their allegiances to the deposed Emperor

33 by 41 cms

Provenance:Ex

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Carle Vernet Large Chalk Study Of A Horse's Head Circa.1800 Collectors Stamp The Temples of PaestumAntoine Charles Horace Vernet, (known as Carle Vernet) 1758 1836 French School 19th. Century Red and black chalk drawing Study of the head of a horse. Signed lower left. Some surface abrasion and well repaired damages all to no real detriment. 32. 5 by 42. 5 cms. 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 young man.