Armand-Charles Caraffe
Armand-Charles Caraffe (1762–1822) was a French historical painter and etcher, who spent part of his career at the Russian Imperial court.
Life
Caraffe was born in Paris in 1762. He was a pupil of
Jacobin Club
that he was imprisoned from 1794 to 1797. In 1799 he exhibited 1799 a picture of Hope supporting Misfortune to the Grave, which was much praised, and in the following year one of Love, abandoned by Youth and the Graces, consoling himself on the bosom of Friendship, which
was purchased by
References
- ^ Bryan 1886
- ^ Andresen, Andreas; Heller, Joseph (1870). Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler oder Lexicon der Kupferstecher, Maler-Radirer und Formschneider aller Länder und Schulen nach Maßgabe ihrer geschätztesten Blätter und Werke. Leipzig: T.O.Weigel. p. 230.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Caraffe, Armand Charles". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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