Imago Belli: Horace Vernet's L'Atelier as an Image of Radical Militarism under the Restoration

Talking Heads and Telling Tales

“…It was this which established the framework within which the exhibition and its most famous exhibit, a painting which represents a gathering of artists and other friends of Vernet in the studio itself, have generally been interpreted, notably in a comprehensive and well-informed article by Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer. 4 As Chaudonneret points out, however, it is more likely that this painting was undertaken in a spirit if self-advertisement than as a protest work. It was originally intended for exhibition at the Salon, and it contains a portrait of Forbin himself.…”