Nicolas Charlet

Nicolas Charlet
Print made by: Louis Dupré Printed by: Lemercier & Cie, Public domain

(1792–1845) fransk målare

Nicolas Charlet (France, 1792–1845) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Nicolas Charlet belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Nicolas Charlet was born in Paris and died in Paris. The teachers included Antoine-Jean Gros and Charles Jacques Lebel. Nicolas Charlet was awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Charles Cournault, Théodore Valério, and Richard de Querelles.

One of the best-known works is ‘Head of a Dog’. The catalogue has 26 works by Nicolas Charlet with free images. The dated works span the years 1819–1856. Works by Nicolas Charlet are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, Département des peintures du Louvre, and Rijksmuseum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Elisa de Lamartine, Claude Marie Dubufe, Louise Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont, Anne Hall, and Lucie Marie Ingemann.