Large size tin by Massilly France with a hunting scene, painting by Carle Vernet

Large size tin by Massilly France with a hunting scene, painting by Carle Vernet. 

• Manufacturer: Massilly France

Description
Large format tin with a rectangular shape and equipped with a hinged lid. The decoration of the tin box consists of a white background with a frequent pattern of small golden stars.

On the lid is a picture of the painting "Chasse près de Fontainebleau" by the French painter Carle Vernet. Translated: Yacht near Fontainebleau.

Marked at the bottom with name and logo "Massilly France".

Condition
This tin is in a nice neat condition with minimal traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Size

• Height: 9 cm.
• Length: 27.7 cm.
• Width: 18.5 cm.

Carle Vernet
Antoine Charles Horace Vernet aka. Carle Vernet (14 August 1758 – 17 November 1836) was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet, and the father of Horace Vernet.

Vernet was born in Bordeaux. At the age of five, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, but went through the regular academical course as a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the grand prix (1782), he seemed to lose interest in the profession, and his father had to recall him back from Rome to France to prevent him from entering a monastery.

In his Triumph of Aemilius Paulus, he broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learned from nature in stables and riding-schools. His hunting-pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular.

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