After Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, Grandma, Early 19th-Century, Lithograph for sale at Pamono

Description

The Grandma tells her grandchildren a tale is an original artwork realized by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845). Lithograph print. Signed in plate on the lower left and under the second image. Is not dated but we can attribute the period early 19th Century. Editor Meyer & C. Paris. Passpartout cm 50×32,5 The artist presents two images: the Grandma tells her grandchildren a tale and and above the representation of the story. Good conditions except for a small tear of paper on the right margin, that doesn’t affect the image. 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 Muse des beaux-arts in Lyon; the painting was admired and praised by Eugne Delacroix. More than paintings, he owes his fame to the fisegni and to the prints; it was Gricault who taught them of a strong and colorful lithography.