Academy of drawing. Election, Jean Achard, circa 1850

Henri vernet (dates unknown), drawing academy. Election, circa 1850. Black wash and ink on cream paper. Grenoble municipal library. The "academy of drawing, painting and sculpture [. . . ] based on the study of the living model and the antique", active in grenoble from 1848 to 1856. On this collective portrait we recognize: blanc-fontaine, rahoult, debelle, mehier, cottavoz, faure, sappey. Information taken from the brochure of the temporary exhibition “grenoble and its artists in the 19th century” at the grenoble museum. According to another source: jean achard, théodore ravanat, auguste marquiand, alexandre debelle, victor sappey, diodore rahoult and henri blanc-fontaine (cf. Candice humbert, the elaboration of a regional artistic culture: grenoble and its artists from 1796 to 1853, vol. 1, thesis publicly defended on december 15, 2016, p. 324. ). Date: circa 1850. Medium: wash and black ink on cream paper. Collection: Bibliothèque municipale de Grenoble. Académie de dessin, élections - Henri Vernet