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Horace Vernet Oil Painting Reproductions
Cavalry, distant gun smoke and crowds gathered at a city gate give Horace Vernet’s paintings their sense of movement and scale. This collection brings together French battle scenes and a dramatic encounter in the Italian countryside. Our Horace Vernet reproductions are painted by hand in oils on canvas to order. We can help you choose a suitable painting, size and frame.
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Vernet paintings
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Choosing your Vernet painting
The Barrier of Clichy brings the action close, gathering soldiers, horses and civilians beneath imposing stone buildings. The Battle of Jemappes offers a wider prospect, with foreground figures set against a distant battlefield and a sky filled with smoke. For a warmer, rocky setting, Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops concentrates the drama around a coach and a roadside building.
Among the other battle scenes, compare the windmill and storm clouds in Valmy with the trees framing Hanau. Montmirail has a darker foreground and a long band of light near the horizon. Think about the amount of detail you want to explore, as well as the painting’s colours and overall width.
Size and framing
Vernet’s crowded scenes need enough space for their smaller figures and distant action to remain readable. Consider the full width of the painting and allow for its frame when measuring your wall. We can advise on a listed size or quote for an alternative while preserving the complete composition and original proportions.
Our frame mouldings are handmade to order, with your choice of colour finish. Antique gold can complement the warmer passages, while silver or a contemporary neutral can suit cooler skies. Actual Farrow & Ball shades are also available. We can help choose a moulding and finish for your painting and room.
After suitable sizes and prices have been discussed, our free room mock-up service can help you compare the painting’s scale and proposed framing in your own space.
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About Horace Vernet
French painter, 1789–1863
Horace Vernet organised scenes of conflict around recognisable human actions: a rider turning, a wounded soldier carried away, a group gathering at the edge of a battlefield. Expansive skies and distant formations give his paintings scale, while details in the foreground bring the events closer to the viewer.
Born into a family of artists, he trained with his father, Carle Vernet; his grandfather was the landscape and marine painter Claude-Joseph Vernet. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1812 and later directed the French Academy in Rome. His career combined dramatic subjects with careful drawing and a detailed finish.
The Duke of Orléans, later King Louis-Philippe, commissioned his four battle paintings now in the National Gallery: Jemappes, Montmirail, Hanau and Valmy. These works helped shape a public image of French military history and their patron’s political standing. Vernet subsequently received major commissions for the historical galleries at Versailles. His paintings are therefore both elaborate narratives and images shaped by the ambitions of the people who commissioned them.
Which Vernet painting would you choose?
For another Horace Vernet painting, send its title or a reference image, your preferred size and delivery location. We will assess the reference before preparing a quotation.
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