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The French painter and printmaker Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet first came to notice through the lithograph La Garde meurt et ne se rend pas, presented as one of his earliest works and as the work that helped make him known.
His lithographic practice continued with publications devoted to military subjects: in 1817, he published the series Costumes militaires français with Motte, then contributed to the albums Croquis lithographiques between 1822 and 1824. Another work associated with his name is Épisode de la campagne de Russie, dated around 1836 and recorded at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He exhibited at the Salon from 1836.
In 1838, Charlet was appointed professor of drawing at the École polytechnique; he taught there until his death. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds a work titled Tête de chien, dated around 1820–1845.
In June 1893, the Société des artistes lithographes français organised an exhibition in his honour at Paul Durand-Ruel’s gallery. Later, the exhibition Charlet. Aux origines de la légende napoléonienne, 1792–1845 was presented at the Musée municipal de La Roche-sur-Yon from October 2008 to January 2009, and then at the Bibliothèque Marmottan in Boulogne-Billancourt from March to June 2009.
This profile brings together identity references for Nicolas Toussaint Charlet and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
4 references are documented at Piguet, Zofingen. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on panel
Scène de village en bord de mer
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2026-09-08 — 2026-09-23
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Watercolour
Scène de vie
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2024-02-27 — 2024-03-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–700
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Oil on wood
Lustige Soldaten
Oel auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2023-11-25
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500
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Wash
Le siège de Constantine
lavis
Catalogue period : 2020-03-06 — 2020-03-17
Published result : 100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
