Rare Antique Master Print-Genre-A woman selling potatoes-Proof-Vernet-ca. 1820

Publication Date: 1820

About this Item

Antique Master Print, untitled. Depiction of a woman selling potatoes. Rare proof on blue paper, heightened with white paint. From the set "Cris de Paris". Potato seller. Lithography 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. Very good, given age. No margins, cut to the image, attachted to carrier sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. The overall size is ca. 17 x 20.7 cm. The overall size is ca. 6.7 x 8.1 inch. Storage location: TPCLA-C66-21. Seller Inventory # 74963

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rare Antique Master Print-Genre-A woman ...

Publication Date: 1820

Condition: Very Good