View of the Famous Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna, called Centum Cavalli

1774·Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on buff laid paper·23.3 × 35.2 cm (9 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1774
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on buff laid paper
Dimensions: 23.3 × 35.2 cm (9 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Claude-Louis Chatelet

Artist

Claude-Louis Chatelet

Painting

Claude-Louis Châtelet, a French painter, was born in Paris in 1753. He produced Swiss views, sea-pieces, and pastoral scenes in the style of Vernet. Examples of his work are in the Orléans Museum, the Palace at Fontainebleau, and the Cottier Collection. He embraced with ardour the cause of the Revolution, allied himself with Robespierre and the leaders of the Jacobins, and became a member of the Revolutionary Tribunal. He was arrested some months after the 9th Thermidor, tried, condemned, and executed in Paris, May 7, 1795.

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