Claude-Louis Châtelet

He produced Swiss views, sea-pieces, and pastoral scenes in the style of Vernet. Examples of his work are in the Orléans Museum, the Palace at Fontainebleau, and the Cottier Collection. He embraced with ardour the cause of the Revolution, allied himself with Robespierre and the leaders of the Jacobins, and became a member of the Revolutionary Tribunal. He was arrested some months after the 9th Thermidor, tried, condemned, and executed in Paris, May 7, 1795. • Illustration — Illumination of the Belvédère Pavillon, Petit Trianon, 1781, now at the Palace of Versailles • Illustration — Plan du jardin et chateau de la Reine

The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are View Near Manfredonia (from “Voyage Pittoresque, ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile” by Jean-Claude Richard Abbé de Saint Non) and View of Catanzaro (from “Voyage Pittoresque, ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile” by Jean-Claude Richard Abbé de Saint Non). Work by Claude-Louis Châtelet is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Auckland Art Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Musée Carnavalet and Birmingham Museum of Art.

The authorities additionally record the headings Claude-Louis Chastelet, Claude Louis Chatelet, Claude Louis Chastelet, Claude Louis Duchatelet and Claude-Louis Chatelet. His recorded language was French.

Works recorded as notable number 2: View Near Manfredonia (from “Voyage Pittoresque, ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile” by Jean-Claude Richard Abbé de Saint Non) and View of Catanzaro (from “Voyage Pittoresque, ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile” by Jean-Claude Richard Abbé de Saint Non).