Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, Les Bords de l'Escaut, Original Etching, 1841

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Les Bords de l'Escaut is an original artwork realized by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845). Etching print. Signed on plate on … Read more Les Bords de l'Escaut is an original artwork realized by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845). Etching print. Signed on plate on the lower left. Dated 1841. Titled on the center "Les Bords de l'Escaut" Edition from Lesamage, publisched by Blaisot. Passepartout cm 32x50. Good conditions. Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792 - 1845) was a French painter. A disciple of Antoine-Jean Gros, he was a Bonapartist and is remembered for his paintings depicting historical episodes such as the Russian campaign of 1812 and the Napoleonic ascent. His masterpiece is The Retreat of Russia of 1836, now at the Musée des beaux-arts in Lyon; the painting was admired and praised by Eugène Delacroix. More than paintings, he owes his fame to the fisegni and to the prints; it was Géricault who taught them of a strong and colorful lithography. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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