Page 183 - Beholding Liberty!

HALL OF THE TROPHIES
IΙ.1.21
Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (1788-1871)
after Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (1758-1836)
The intercepted attack, περ. 1827
lithograph, 54 × 66 cm
signed: C. Vernet (low centre, in the image) Peint par Carle Vernet (bottom left) Gravé par Jazet (bottom right) A Paris chez JAZET, Rue de Lanery, N.o 7. & chez AUMONT, M. d’Estampes, Rue [...]N.o 10. (bottom left)
inscribed: L’ATTAQUE REPOUSSÉE (low centre) Déposé à la Direction. (bottom right)
Hellenic Parliament Art Collection, inv. n. 871
THE PRINTMAKER AND PUBLISHER
Jean Pierre Marie Jazet published many images in- spired by the Greek Revolution. This is a print made af- ter a painting by Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet (the father of Horace Vernet), who produced Orientalist and philhellenic paintings [cf. cat. no II.4.1.]. Carle Vernet, a painter and engraver, spe- cialised in meticulously detailed combat scenes.
This image depicts a scene of combat from the Greek War of Independence. An attack is repulsed as an explosion, right, blocks and frightens the horse- man, centre, his horse rearing.
Carle Vernet was an artist of the Orientalist move- ment prevalent at the time; the costumes and facial features of the warriors on the left are typical of the representation of Oriental figures.
The painter focuses on the rider and horse, a subject dear to him, as he was a lifelong rider; Greek fight- ers can be seen in the background, right, defending fortresses.
In the eyes of the Western public, the Greek War was a romantic, folkloric incident set in an exotic Orient; this image by Carle Vernet is a visual case in point.
SCENES AND FIGURES OF FREEDOM The eruption of the Revolution 183