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Horace Vernet, The Lion Hunt in the Sahara, 1836, 57 x 82 cm, detail © The Wallace Collection, London / Bridgeman images
Possessing the largest number of paintings by Horace Vernet, the Palace of Versailles pays a brilliant tribute to this painter who knew how to combine imagination and history to reach all audiences, and whose career spanned five successive political regimes.
Grandson and son of the illustrious painters Joseph and Carle Vernet, Horace Vernet (1789 – 1863) must have been born with a pencil in his hand. Trained in his father’s Parisian workshop where he became friends with Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), future hero of romantic painting, the young artist cultivated very early the keen sense of observation inherited from his father. Familiar with circuses and carousels, Horace also shared the family passion for equines, an essential interest in being able to paint these military paintings so dear to the 19th century.
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