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Jean-Henri Marlet

Nov 18, 1771 - 1847

Jean-Henri Marlet aka Jean Henry Marlet, was a French painter and engraver.
He was a student at l'Académie de Dijon, and after the Revolution in the studio of Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He painted large tableaux depicting historic events and was one of the first artists to use lithography in France. His proofs were made in the studios of Lasteyrie or Engelmann, then printed by himself between 1822 and 1832. During the Bourbon Restoration his images were patriotic, with a vitality equal to that of Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Auguste Raffet or Carle Vernet. He was responsible for a series of 72 prints showing scenes in Paris.
1804: L'Enlèvement de Briséis, Scène des Champs- Élysée, Orphée jouant de la lyre, Chasse de Diane, Les Sabines sortant de Rome - these four compositions are drawn in pen.
1806: Pie VII donnant sa bénédiction aux enfants au pavillon de Flore aux Tuileries, Les Nymphes de Calypso, guidées par l'Amour, allant mettre le feu au vaisseau d'Ulysse, La Chasse de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso, Télémaque allant aux enfers, Naufrage de La Fère.
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