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Charles Albert Waltner

1846

WA-00114114

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1915.11.80
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Charles Albert Waltner, aka C. A. Waltner was a French artist and etcher. His father, Charles Jules Waltner, was also a French artist and etcher who engraved religious subjects for specialized publishers from 1848. Waltner studied painting under the guidance of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Léon Bonnat. Later he was taught by Henriquel-Dupont in the art of copper cutting and etching.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (4)

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1886 · pen on ink, paper

height: 425 cm, width: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Man in a Cap

1886 · Etching on cream wove paper

Image: 52.2 × 42.5 cm (20 9/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Plate: 59.1 × 47.4 cm (23 5/16 × 18 11/16 in.); Sheet: 63.8 × 50.3 cm (25 1/8 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1884 · pen on ink

height: 425 cm, width: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Woman

1866 · Etching with drypoint and aquatint on cream laid paper

29.5 × 24.5 cm (11 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Brief aan Philip Zilcken
1884 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Brief aan Philip Zilcken
1886 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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