Artwork
La Reconciliation
La Reconciliation is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Horace Vernet. It dates from 1826 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
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Overview
La Réconciliation is a 1826 lithograph by French artist Horace Vernet, created during the Romantic era.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a poignant scene of family reconciliation, with a man and woman embracing and a child reaching out to them, conveying a moment of quiet emotional healing.
Technique & Style
Vernet employed lithography, a technique involving drawing on stone with a greasy crayon, to produce the print, allowing for mass production and wider dissemination of the image.
Context
Lithography was a relatively new medium in the 1800s, enabling artists to share their work more widely and affordably than traditional painting.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French pronunciation: ; 30 June 1789 – 17 January 1863), better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
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