Richard III

Richard III is an original ink and watercolor drawing realized by Charles Amelot (1759-1830).

Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5x55 cm).

The artwork represents Clarence who chooses death in a barrel of Malvoisé.

Charles Amelot French, 18th – 19th century, male.
Born 1759, in Paris; died after 1830.
Painter. Landscapes, entered the Académie Royale in Paris on 24 September 1778 and worked under Durameau and Doyen; he was still there in 1791. His landscapes are organised in an 18th-century manner, but display a new interest in naturalism....