The Late Horace Vernet, from "Illustrated London News"
Horace Vernet|Nadar
January 31, 1863
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (15.8 × 13.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Donato Esposito, 2019
Accession Number
2019.279.10
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenArtistsPortraits
About the Artist
Horace Vernet|Nadar · 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 ...