Carle Vernet Large Chalk Study Of A Horse's Head Circa.1800 Collectors Stamp 33 by 41 cms

33 by 41 cms

Provenance: with Sally Hunter Fine Art

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miniature painter and  founding member of the Royal Academy

Mounted image

Carle Vernet Large Chalk Study Of A Horse's Head Circa.1800 Collectors Stamp 33 by 41 cmsAntoine 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.