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
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