André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
1819-1889
Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
ca. 1860
mount: 4 1/8 x 2 7/16 inches (10.48 x 6.19 cm); image: 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches (8.57 x 5.4 cm)
Albumen print carte de visite.
Gift of Karen B. Cohen.
2022.158
Notes
Part of an artistic dynasty, Vernet (1789-1863) was born in the Louvre during the French Revolution. He garnered recognition at a young age, swiftly producing military paintings on a grand scale. In the name of research, Vernet visited active battlefields in Algiers, Rome, and the Crimea while undertaking prestigious commissions for both the Bourbon monarchy and Napoleon III. Disdéri, who patented the carte de visite in 1854, produced this portrait of the mature, successful painter near the end of his career.
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Karen B. Cohen.
Summary
Portrait of Horace Vernet (1789-1863), French painter.
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