Pierre Sanchez Collection of Horace Vernet Graphic Works (SC-28)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.

Preferred citation:

Pierre Sanchez Collection of Horace Vernet Graphic Works (SC-28). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet 13 items (4 volumes, 7 prints, 1 poster, and 1 letter)
Creator:
Sanchez, Pierre, 1963-, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863, and Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845
Abstract:
The collection was assembled by the French scholar Pierre Sanchez, who collected hundreds of lithographs by Horace Vernet (1789-1863) to write the catalogue raissoné of Vernet's lithographic work. The largest privately owned collection of Vernet's graphic works, the collection is comprised of three unpublished volumes of over 300 works, as well as eight loose prints, one poster, and one letter.
Language:
French .
Preferred citation:

Pierre Sanchez Collection of Horace Vernet Graphic Works (SC-28). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection's inclusive dates are 1816-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1818-1824. The collection is comprised of unpublished volumes, prints, and a poster. One loose print is by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, otherwise all of the prints are by Vernet.

Biographical / historical:

Pierre Sanchez, born in 1963, is a French scholar who assembled hundreds of lithographs by Horace Vernet (1789-1863) between 1995 to 2006 in order to write the catalogue raissoné of Vernet's lithographic work. Drawing upon public and private collections, and completing the work of Louis-Maurice Bruzard (1826) and Henri Beraldi (1885-1891), the complete catalog presents the artist's 237 original lithographs, in various states of edition, as well as two etchings.

The son of famed painter Carle Vernet, and a friend and disciple of Theodore Géricault, Émile Jean-Horace Vernet was primarily known as a French painter of battles, soldiers, and commissioned portraits, working for both Louis-Philippe I and Napoléon Bonaparte. However, Horace and his father were among the first artists to experiment with lithography and market their images to printers. Regardless of Charles Baudelaire, Horace Vernet is much more "than a soldier who does painting," and his lithographs showcase his pioneering talent.

(The above information was taken from Dessin Original and Horace Vernet.)

Custodial history:

Originally collected by Pierre Sanchez, this was the largest privately owned collection of Horace Vernet's graphic works. VMFA purchased it from Alan Wofsy Fine Arts LLC in June 2017.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into three series, and items are arranged chronologically within each series.

Series 1
Prints, 1816-1838
Series 2
Posters, 1996
Series 3
Correspondence, undated