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    Located in Petworth, West Sussex
    Carle Vernet (French, 1758 – 1836) ‘La Marchande de Coco’; and ‘La Tour de Babbe d’un Charbonnier’ Ink, watercolour on paper Both signed C Vernet and Carle Vernet (lower left and lower right respectively) 12.1/4 x 9 in. (31 x 22.8 cm.) A pair Vernet was born in Bordeaux. At the age of five, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, but went through the regular academical course as a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), he seemed to lose interest in the profession, and his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery. In his Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular. Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. After this, he gave up art. When he again began to produce under the French Directory (1795–1799), his style had changed radically. He started drawing in minute detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon. His drawings of Napoleon...
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  • 17th Century French sanguine drawing of maiden's harvesting flowers
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    Located in Petworth, West Sussex
    Circle of Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665) Maiden’s harvesting flowers Sanguine on paper 8. ¾ in. (22 cm.) tondo
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  • 18th Century French sanguine drawing of figures in the Roman ruins by Robert
    By Hubert Robert
    Located in Petworth, West Sussex
    Hubert Robert (French, 1733 – 1808) Figures in the Roman ruins Sanguine on paper 29.6 x 35.6 cm. Bearing watermark from ‘Jan Honig & Zoonen, Amsterdam’ Provenance: Hal O’Nians, Fine...
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  • Italian 18th Century red chalk study of a seated man by Zuccarelli
    Located in Petworth, West Sussex
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  • Russian, early 20th Century watercolour of Turkish fruit sellers
    By Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff
    Located in Petworth, West Sussex
    Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Turkish fruit sellers, Istanbul Pencil and watercolour on paper 9 x 13.5/8 in. (22.8 x 34.5 cm.) Figurative painter, illustra...
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  • Russian, early 20th Century art deco watercolour of a family and baby
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    Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Famille e bebe pencil and watercolour on paper 3.3/4 x 4.5/8 in. (9.5 x 11.2 cm.) It is possible that this is a scene influen...
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