# Charles Emile Jacque artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1813-05-23
- Death date: 1894-05-07
- Nationality: French
- Movements: Barbizon school
- Common media: oil painting, etching, lithography, wood engraving, drawing

## About Charles Emile Jacque

Charles-Émile Jacque (1813–1894) was a French painter, printmaker, and illustrator closely associated with the Barbizon school. Active from the 1830s through the late nineteenth century, Jacque worked across a remarkably broad range of media—including oil painting, etching, lithography, wood engraving, and drawing—and was also active as a caricaturist and photographer. He was the brother of Léon Jacque and the father of two artist sons, Émile and Frédéric Jacque. Jacque signed his works 'ch. Jacque' and is documented under several name variants. His long career and prolific output in both painting and printmaking make him one of the more frequently encountered Barbizon-era artists in auction and appraisal contexts.

## Common works and media

Collectors and appraisers may encounter Jacque works as oil paintings on canvas or panel, original etchings and drypoint prints, lithographs, wood engravings, and drawings in ink, charcoal, or wash. His subjects are predominantly pastoral and animal scenes—sheep, poultry, and farmyard settings are characteristic—as well as rural landscapes. Prints exist in multiple states and editions; condition, plate size, paper quality, and whether an impression is an early pull or a later restrike are relevant to identification and value.

## Market and appraisal context

Charles-Émile Jacque produced a large body of work across multiple media, and his etchings and paintings appear regularly at auction. Appraisal of Jacque works should consider medium (original oil paintings versus etchings or lithographs), the presence and style of his characteristic 'ch. Jacque' signature, documented provenance, condition, and whether the work is an original impression or a later restrike. His Barbizon school association places his paintings within an established collecting category. Comparative auction results for similar Barbizon artists and for Jacque's own documented sales should be consulted for current market context.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine structured artist-identity research from authority files and museum databases with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Charles-Émile Jacque, identity data is grounded in RKD, VIAF, Wikidata, Library of Congress, and Getty ULAN authority records.

## Sources

- RKD (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/41464
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File): https://viaf.org/viaf/12426824/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125409
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84168010
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500027865