Explore: Charles Monnet

(1732 - 1808)

Charles Monnet, historical and portrait painter, and book illustrator, was born in Paris and studied there at the Académie Royale. Monnet exhibited regularly at the Académie and Salon exhibitions in Paris throughout his career and two mythological paintings were commissioned from him for the Palace of Versailles. Towards the end of his life he became Professor of Drawing at the École de Saint-Cyr, a military academy founded in Fontainebleau by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803.

Image of The Nymph Echo, Chang’d into a Sound

The Nymph Echo, Chang’d into a Sound

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Leucothoe, Charmed with the Beauty of Apollo, yields without Resistance

Leucothoe, Charmed with the Beauty of Apollo, yields without Resistance

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Narcissus Seeing his Reflection in a Fountain becomes Enamoured of Himself

Narcissus Seeing his Reflection in a Fountain becomes Enamoured of Himself

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Perdix, the Nephew of Dædalus, Transformed into a Partridge

Perdix, the Nephew of Dædalus, Transformed into a Partridge

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Procris Killed by an Arrow, which Cephalus darted through the Thicket

Procris Killed by an Arrow, which Cephalus darted through the Thicket

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Thisbe takes the Sword already Reeking with the Blood of Pyramus, plunges it into her own Breast

Thisbe takes the Sword already Reeking with the Blood of Pyramus, plunges it into her own Breast

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Callydonian Boar

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Callydonian Boar

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Image of Myrrha, retired into the Country of the Sabeans, is deliver’d of Adonis, and afterwards Metamorphosed into a Tree

Myrrha, retired into the Country of the Sabeans, is deliver’d of Adonis, and afterwards Metamorphosed into a Tree

Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)