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Fighting Animals by Carle Vernet

Fighting Animals

Carle Vernet · 1758

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DETAILS
Artist
Carle Vernet
Date
1758
Medium
grpahite and black chalk with stumping [both have been stumped] heightened with white chalk; framing lines in black chalk
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
France, late 18th-19th Century
Credit line
Gift of Louise M. Pierce
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THE ARTIST

Carle Vernet

Carle Vernet, a French painter and lithographer, famously captured the drama of horses, from rearing cuirassiers to wild fights.

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