Artist
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Charles Melchior Descourtis
1753–1826
132130
Works
73
Years lived
Painter
Style
Charles’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Selected works
132130 pieces
La Rixe (The Brawl)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) Charles Auguste Taunay (French, 1769-1824)
View of the Port of St.Paul, Paris
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)
Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach, Prise Enhiver (View of Schild-Wald Bach, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes des la Suisse )
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Caspar Wolff (Swiss 1735-1798)
Le Tambourin (The Tambourin)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (French, 1755-1830)
Finding Virginie's Body, plate 5 from Paul et Virginie
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Jean Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
The Fugitive Slave, plate 2 from Paul et Virginie
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Jean Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
View of the Louvre and the Pont Neuf, from Vues des Tuileries)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)
The Night, plate 1 from Paul et Virginie
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Jean Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
The Prayer, plate 6 from Paul et Virginie
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Jean Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
View of Port St. Bernard
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)
The Arrival of Monsieur de la Bourdonnais, plate 3 from Paul et Virginie
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Jean Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
The Departure, plate 4 from Paul et Virginie
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Jean Frédéric Schall (French, 1752-1825)
Vue de Schadau sur le Lac de Thun (View of Scadau, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse)
Charles-Melchior Descourtis French, 1753-1820
“Paul and Virginie” Furnishing Fabric
Engraved by Charles Melchior Descourtis (French, 1750-1820) after Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger (French, 1741-1814) Based on the story by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (French, 1737-1814) France, Nantes
“Paul and Virginie” Furnishing Fabric
Engraved by Tony Johannot (German, active 1813-1852) and others after works by Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger (French, 1741–1814) and Jean Frederic Schall (French, 1752-1825) and others. Based on the story by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (French, 1737-1814) Manufactured by Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, France
It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868
Composite Sword
Blade by Melchior Diefstetter German, Munich, Au c. 1520-1555/1556
A Nightmare
Melchior Bocksberger German, c. 1530/35-1587
Portrait of Ismail, Ambassador of the Persian Shah Tahmasp I, Standing
Melchior Lorck Danish, 1526/27-after 1588
Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935