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 CHARLET, FRANZ, born at Brussels; contemporary. Genre painter, pupil of Gérôme, J. Lefebvre, and Portaels. Medal, 3d class, 1885. Works: Winter Morning (1882); Mowers (1883); Passing Funeral, Preparations for Market (1884); The Spinners—Morocco (1885).

Charles V. at Muhlberg, Titian, Madrid Museum.

CHARLET, NICOLAS TOUSSAINT, born in Paris, Oct. 20, 1792, died there, Oct. 29, 1845. French school; genre and battle painter, pupil of Gros. Supported himself, while with Gros, by giving lessons in drawing. Was intimate with Géricault, with whom he visited England in 1836. His lithographs number nearly 2,000. Works: The Curé's Visit; The Antiquary; Grand-*papa's Feast; Burlesque Concert; The Improvisatore; Episode in Russian Campaign (1836), Lyons Museum; Crossing the Rhine at Kehl (1837), Versailles Museum; Convoy of Wounded Soldiers, Valenciennes Museum.—Ch. Blanc, École française; L'Art (1875), i. 193, 217; M. de la Combe, Charlet, sa vie, etc. (Paris, 1856); Meyer, Gesch., 469; Larousse, iii. 1021.

CHARMADAS, Greek painter, date unknown; one of earliest workers in monochrome. Pliny, xxxv. 34 [55]; Brunn, ii. 4.

CHARMANTIDES (Carmanides), painter, third class; pupil of Euphranor, Theban-Attic school, 370-336 B.C. Pliny, xxxv. 40 [146]; Brunn, ii. 164.

CHARNAY, ARMAND, born at Charlieu, Paris; contemporary. Landscape painter, pupil of Feyen-Perrin and Pils. Studio at Marlotte (Seine-et-Marne). Medal, 3d class, 1876. Works: Abandoned Lime Kiln (1868); All Souls' Day, Beach at Yport, Arrival of Fishing Boats at Yport, Hour for Riding, Back Yard of Castle of Gastellier near Charlieu (1874); Casting the Net (1876); Butcher's Shop, October (1879); At the End of the Park (1880); Autumn Rain (1881); Street in Carcenague, Market (1882); Fishing Party (1883); Evening (1885).

CHARPENTIER, LOUIS EUGÈNE, born in Paris, June 1, 1811. Military and genre painter, pupil of Gérard and Cogniet; was for twenty-six years professor of designing at Versailles. Medals: 3d class, 1841 and 1857. Works: Bivouac of Cuirassiers (1831); Hunters asking the Way (1837); Break of a Dutch Dyke (1839); Defence of Aubervilliers-les-Vertus (1841); Robert le Diable (1842); Capture of the Great Redoubt at Moskowa and Death of Caulaincourt (1843); Halt of French Army on Great St. Bernard (1844); Duke of Orléans in the Trenches (1845), Versailles Gallery; Sedaine composing an Opera, Beaumarchais teaching the Daughters of Louis XV. (1848); Field Guns (1851); Pupils of the École Polytechnique in the Battle of Paris, March 30, 1814 (Boulogne-sur-Mer); Battle of Tchernaia (1857), Versailles Museum; Camp of Chalons (St. Cloud); Imperial Guard at Magenta (1861); Capture of Bomarsund (1863); Death of the Vendéean General Bonchamps (1834); Siege of Toulon, A Soldier's Alms (1866); The