Horace Vernet (1789-1863)

The Chateau of Versailles is restoring the official history painter to his rightful place. The heir to a long line of artists and a friend of Géricault, his links with Asia were as enigmatic as they are troubling.

With mesmerizing qualities, this depiction of a Black man reveals the portraitist within the painter of battles and horses... and becomes a modern icon.

Nearly 40 drawings on exhibit at the Graphic Arts Cabinet of the Condé Museum in Chantilly illustrate the orientalism of Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Horace Vernet and Eugène Delacroix.

The auction featured a painting by Vernet and a pair of corner tables by Carlin.

The limpid light and bustling figures in this Mediterranean capriccio create a lively, cheerful atmosphere.

According to the Turquin firm, the painting's "sumptuous" state of preservation and the chromatic softness of its orange sky, propelled this fishing scene by Claude Joseph Vernet, painted in Rome in 1746, to more than double its high estimate. It was offered today at Drouot, by Audap.

This painting signed, dated and localized by Claude Vernet (1714-1789)  exudes a special mood.

Painted in 1750 for a Paris collector and hidden away for a hundred years, this View of Galleys in Naples by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) is a fine rediscovery.

In this wild bull hunt by Raden Saleh, the horses roll terrified eyes, rearing up in a movement of panic, and the horsemen are poised to strike. The undulating landscape, bathed in a golden light, seems very distant from the drama taking place before...

A rare seascape from the Count Doria collection met with success.