Gallery of the Masters 
Horace Vernet (Emile Jean Horace Vernet)
1789-1863 France/Romanticism
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Brief Biography-Horace Vernet was the son of Carle Vernet, who was the son of Claude Vernet. Claude was mainly a painter of landscapes and seaports; Carle was a lithographer and painter of daily street scenes and some battle scenes. Horace was primarily known for Napoleonic battle scenes. His major works were in the Palace of Versailles for Louis Philippe. |
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an invalid submitting
a petition
departure for the
hunt in the marshes
hunting in the
pontine marshes
italian brigands
surprised by troops
napoleon at the
battle of friedland
philippe lenoir
scene from the
mexican expedition
taking of the smalah
of abd el kader
the gate at clichy
a saddled race horse
tied to a fence
an algerian lady
hawking
angel of death
arab chieftains
in council
battle at soufflot
barricades
battle of bouvines
hunting scene
mazeppa and
the wolves
napoleon bonaparte
leading his troops
polish prometheus
portrait of nicholas i
self portrait with pipe
soldier labourer
the artist's studio
the dog of the
regiment wounded
the duke of chartres
on horseback
the taking of the
malakoff redoubt
the wounded
trumpeter
