La Route de Jouy (The Road to Jouy) (Furnishing Fabric)
Horace Vernet
1825/35
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Dimensions
40.7 × 57.6 cm (16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Classification
weaving - printed
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
2240
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Horace Vernet · 1789–1863
**Horace Vernet** (full name Émile Jean-Horace Vernet) was a leading French painter of the nineteenth century, renowned for his dynamic battle scenes, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. Born on 30 June 1789 in Paris at the Louvre during the French Revolution, he came from a distinguished artistic dynasty. He was the son of the equestrian and military painter Carle Vernet and the grandson of the ...