Beautiful oil on canvas, in the tradition of Delacroix's great hunting scenes.
The original frame is finely carved, perfectly highlighting the painting and very decorative.

Charles Verlat's painting is on display at the Musée de Toulouse (inventory 2004 1 199), measures 200 x 300 cm and was exhibited at the Salon from 1853, room 708.

Charles Verlat 1824-1890

Charles (Karel) Verlat was a Belgian painter and engraver.
He studied at the Antwerp Academy.

He lived in Paris from 1850 to 1868, where he studied under A. Scheffer, H. Flandrin and Th. Scheffer, H. Flandrin and Th. Couture, and came into contact with G. Courbet. These great masters of orientalism and naturalism explain his taste for oriental representations and hunting scenes.

He traveled to Egypt, Syria and Palestine between 1875 and 1877, and exhibited the works created during this trip in 1877 in a specially built hall in Antwerp.
After his return from the Middle East, he played a prominent role on the Antwerp art scene. He produced historical compositions, genre scenes, portraits and animals.
A follower of Courbet-style realism, he became a proponent of naturalism in art. Genre painting is brought to monumental dimensions.

He received numerous awards for his animal paintings