Winner gets a very rare watercolor painting on paper by well listed French artist Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860). The painting depicts an erotic scene of a male and female, which was very risque for the time. The painting is very well done, and signed in the lower right corner, as seen magnified in picture 4. The painting is housed in it's original gallery frame. It is double matted, with archival quality, expensive matting. The painting is in exquisite condition, with no damage whatsoever to mention. There are no rips, tears, repairs, stains, water damage, or in-painting. The gallery frame is in excellent condition as well, with no damage or losses. There is some light wear, but nothing besides very tiny nicks. This gorgeous piece is ready for hanging! The frame measures 16" x 19", with the image measuring 9" x 12.5". This is a VERY rare piece of art and would make a great addition to anyones collection. Below is some information about the artist, including some recent auction results at the very bottom of the listing, including a $6,767 sale in 2005. Please enlarge my pictures and ask any questions prior to bidding or making an offer. Thanks for checking out my listing!!!

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860) was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire.


Raffet was born in Paris. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wood turner, but took up the study of art at evening classes. He became acquainted with Alexandre Cabanel, who made him apply his skill to the decoration of china, and with Rudor, from whom he received instruction in lithography, in the practice of which he was to rise to fame. He then entered the École des Beaux-Arts, but returned definitely to lithography in 1830 when he produced on stone his famous designs of Lützen, Waterloo, Le bal, La revue, and Les adieux de la garrison, by which his reputation became immediately established.


Raffet's chief works were his lithographs of the Napoleonic campaigns, from Egypt to Waterloo, vigorous designs that are inspired by ardent patriotic enthusiasm. In this endeavor, he was a contemporary of other French artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the French army including Hippolyte Bellangé, Horace Vernet, and Nicolas Toussaint Charlet. As an illustrator his activity was prodigious, the list of works illustrated by his crayon amounting to about forty-five, among which are Béranger's poems, the History of the Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, the History of Napoleon by de Norvins, the great Walter Scott by Auguste Defauconpret, the French Plutarch and Frédéric Bérat's Songs.


He went to Rome in 1849, was present at the siege of Rome, which he made the subject of some lithographs, and followed the Italian campaign of 1859, of which he left a record in his Episodes de la campagne d'Italie de 1859. His portraits in pencil and water-colour are full of character. He died at Genoa in 1860. In 1893 a monument by Emmanuel Frémiet was unveiled in the Jardin de l'Infante at the Louvre, Paris. The statue was removed and melted down during the nazi occupation of Paris.



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Auction results for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet

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Auctioned pieces

 DateTitleSize (HxWxD)MediumPrice
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-17-2005Quatre Dessins Représentant Des Études De Selles, De Mors Andalous Et De Licols Et Harnais8.98 x 10.63 inLead6,767 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet04-18-2007Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Of Russia12.01 x 9.02 inPencil4,200 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-31-2011Album Composé De 49 Feuilles Montées Sur Des Passes RectO-Verso13.39 x 7.48 inWatercolor4,194 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet04-11-2006Campagne Napoléonienne, Hussards Dans La Neige9.53 x 7.48 inOil3,998 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet06-10-2007Le Représentant Du Peuple, Général De La Convention11.22 x 8.86 inWatercolor3,845 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet04-18-2007Portrait Of Prince Stroganoff12.01 x 9.02 inPencil3,840 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-27-2009Le Tirage Au Sort21.06 x 16.14 inOil3,588 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-23-2005Hadjy Said De Tanger10.24 x 13.78 inCrayon2,922 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet12-07-2005A Gipsy Woman, Seated, Seen From Behind12.13 x 7.83 inPastel2,648 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-22-2007Un Marabout Canonnier De Tanger14.65 x 10.63 inChalk2,460 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet12-16-2005Autoportrait, En Buste5.83 x 5.16 inLead1,999 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet12-07-2005L'empereur En Campagne4.53 x 8.86 inCharcoal1,794 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet04-08-2009Ein Junger Französischer Tambourmajor11.42 x 8.27 inWatercolor1,602 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet06-19-2006Tambour De La Garde Impériale Du Régiment De Lithuanie13.07 x 8.66 inWatercolor1,538 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-17-2005Le Sculpteur Juguda Kazaz Mifiz Sculptant Un Tombeau Dans La Vallée De Josaphat Près De Jérusalem7.52 x 5.98 inLead1,307 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet02-04-2011Trois Cuirassiers À Cheval8.27 x 10.43 inCrayon1,303 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet11-30-2005Trois Académies D'hommes Debout24.02 x 17.32 inPainting1,281 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-26-2009Portrait En Pied De L'archiduc CharleS-Ferdinand D'autriche En FelD-Maréchal Lieutenant11.22 x 8.07 inWatercolor1,270 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet03-03-2009Portrait Of A Young Soldier16.26 x 12.99 inOil1,250 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet12-08-2006Bonaparte À Cheval5.12 x 7.68 inWatercolor1,217 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet12-08-2005La Revue Nocturne10.79 x 7.87 inLithograph1,153 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet Hammer prices and photo for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet06-24-2008Scène De Duel8.27 x 7.87 inCanvas1,111 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet07-02-2008In Der Wiener Rüstkammer.10.39 x 14.65 inWatercolor1,025 USD
Hammer prices for Auguste Denis Marie Raffet06-29-2007Portrait D'une Sévillane9.65 x 7.99 inWatercolor1,025 USD