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With very great likelihood (for comparison, see our images nr.8) this watercolor with a scene from one of the battles of Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (Aboukir? Nazareth?) is a work of well-known. turn of 19th century, French artist Armand-Charles Caraffe.
Armand-Charles Caraffe was born in Paris in 1762. He was a pupil of Lagrenee and David. He visited Rome, and then travelled in Turkey, but returned to France at the outbreak of the Revolution becoming so active a member of the Jacobin Club that he was imprisoned from 1794 to 1797. In 1799 he exhibited a painting "Hope supporting Misfortune to the Grave", which was much praised, and in the following year "Love, abandoned by Youth and the Graces, consoling himself on the bosom of Friendship", which was purchased by the wife of the First Consul. In 1802 he left France for an appointment at the Court of St.Petersburg, where he remained until 1812, and painted "The Oath of the Horatii" for Prince Yusupov. He eventually returned to Paris, where he died on 18th August 1822.
Provenance: auction house "Boisseau Pomez", Bar-sur-Aube, region Champagne-Ardenne, France, May 26th 2013, lot 435
Condition: good
Creation Year: 1800/01
Measurements: UNFRAMED: 22.5 cm x 43.0 cm / 8.9" x 16.9" inches
FRAMED: 42.1 cm x 61.9 cm / 16.6" x 24.4" inches
Object Type: Framed watercolor
Style: Battle paintings
Technique: watercolor on paper, laid on old mount
Inscription: -
Creator: Armand-Charles Caraffe
Creator Dates: 1762 Paris-1822 Paris
Nationality: French
Themes:
FRENCH
ORIENTALIST
OLD RUSSIAN
EGYPTIAN
TURKISH
EASTERN
NAPOLEON
BATTLE
CONSULATE
EMPIRE
MILITARY
UNIFORM
HORSE
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