1829
Denis Auguste Marie Raffet was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet and was a retrospective painter of the Empire. At an early age, he was apprenticed to a woodturner but took up the study of art at evening classes. At the age of 18, he entered the workshop of Cabanel, where he applied his skill to the decoration of China and where he met Rudor from whom he received instruction in lithography, in the practice of which he was to rise to fame. He then entered the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts but returned 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 inspired by ardent patriotic enthusiasm. In this endeavor, he was a contemporary of other French artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the French army, including Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé, Émile Jean-Horace Vernet and Nicolas Toussaint Charlet. As an illustrator, his activity was prodigious. The list of works illustrated by his crayon amounting to about 45, among which are Béranger's poems, The History of the French Revolution by Louis Adolphe Thiers, the Histoire de Napoléon by Jacques Marquet De Norvins, the novel of Walter Scott by Auguste Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret, Plutarch’s work in French and Frédéric Bérat's songs. He went to Rome in 1849 and 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 in1859. His portraits in pencil and watercolor 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.
The Military Portait - Original Lithograph by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet - 1829
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
The Military Portait - The Appearance of Our Lady - The Classroom is an original Lithograph realized by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet. Signed on the center and numbered (9). Edition b...
Lithograph
Portraits - Etching by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet - 19th century
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an Original Etching realized by Auguste Raffet in 19th century. Signed on plate on the lower right. Good conditions on a cream colored cardboard. Denis Auguste Marie ...
Etching
Allocation - Original Lithograph by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet - Early 19th cent
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845). Good condition on a brown paper, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (31.5x45 cm) with some spots on the margins. No signature. Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (20 December 1792 – 30 October 1845) was a French painter and printmaker, more especially of military subjects. It was only towards 1822, however, that he began to be successful in a professional sense. Lithographs (about 2000 altogether), watercolours, sepia drawings, numerous oil sketches, and a few etchings followed one another rapidly. Later in his life there were also three exhibited oil pictures...
Lithograph
State Major - Original Lithograph by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet - 1837
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
State Major is an original Lithograph realized by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet in 1837. Signature on the lower right corner. Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (3...
Lithograph
Louis Rousseau - Original Lithography by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet - 1848
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Rousseau is an original Litograph realized by Denis Auguste Marie Raffet in 1848. Signed and dated in plate on the lower right corner. Good condition included a cream colored...
Lithograph
The Caricature - Original Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1831
By Auguste Raffet
Located in Roma, IT
The Caricature is an Original Lithograph realized by Auguste Raffet in 1831. Not signed. The original work is glued to a white card, good condition. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (18...
Lithograph
Signed French Actors Lithographs, c.1843
Located in Savannah, GA
A set of 3 lithographs of French actors signed by the actors, circa 1843. Clotilde Ballauri, Alfred Harmant and another without printed name. sight: 9 ½ by 12 ½ inches frame: 13 ...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Edouard Chevret (1835-1874), Napoleon and his soldiers, Studies, 1860, drawing
By Edouard Chevret
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Chevret (1835-1864) Napoleon and his soldiers, different studies Signed on the lower right and dated 1860 28 x 45 cm In a modern mount covering the original mount. In quite g...
Ink
French First Empire Court Costume Lithograph, 1807 – Published 1847
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: French First Empire Court Costume Lithograph, 1807 – Published 1847 Description: A beautifully hand-colored French lithograph depicting an elegantly dressed gentleman and lad...
Paper
French Costumes and Trades – 3 Finely Coloured Prints by R. Bridgens, 1835
Located in Langweer, NL
French Costumes and Trades – 3 Finely Coloured Prints by R. Bridgens, 1835 This striking set of three finely coloured antique prints captures the vibrant and varied costumes and tra...
Paper
Antique Military Satire Prints – Swiss Citizen Soldiers – Düsseldorf, c.1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Military Satire Prints – Swiss Citizen Soldiers – Düsseldorf, c.1850 This pair of (unframed) lithographs offers a humorous and satirical view of the Helvetian citizen-soldie...
Paper
Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters, drawing and watercolor
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Paris, FR
Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters Black pencil and watercolor on paper 18.5 x 25.5 cm Stamp of the Raffet Estate Sale (1911) on the lower right In good condition, foxings on the original mount Framed 34 x 40 cm Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (2 March 1804 – 16 February 1860) was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wood turner, but took up the study of art at evening classes. At the age of 18 he entered the workshop of Cabanel, where he applied his skill to the decoration of china, and where he met 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 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 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, and 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...
Ink, Watercolor
