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The Battle of Alexandria (painting) The Battle of Aspern-Essling; Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805 (Gérard) The Battle of Friedland (painting) The Battle of Hanau; The Battle of Jemappes; The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Montmirail; The Battle of Smolensk; Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798 (study) The Battle of the Pyramids (painting)
Assault on Saragossa is a history painting of 1845 by the Polish artist January Suchodolski. [1] It depicts the Siege of Zaragoza of 1808 during the Peninsular War, part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. [2] French troops are shown assaulting a breach in the wall of the Spanish city.
Napoleon Accepting the Surrender of Madrid (French: Capitulation de Madrid, le 4 décembre 1808) is an 1810 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. [1] [2] It depicts Napoleon, Emperor of France, accepting the surrender of Madrid, on 4 December 1808, during the Peninsular War. Napoleon is shown with his general staff receiving ...
The Battle of Friedland (painting) The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Smolensk; The Battle of the Pyramids (painting) The Battle of Wagram; The Battle of Waterloo (painting, Sadler II) The Black Brunswicker; Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole; Bonaparte Before the Sphinx; Bonaparte Crossing the Alps; Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa ...
The Napoleonic looting of art (French: Spoliations napoléoniennes) was a series of confiscations of artworks and precious objects carried out by the French Army or French officials in the conquered territories of the French Republic and Empire, including the Italian Peninsula, Spain, Portugal, the Low Countries, and Central Europe.
The Madonna with the Baby Jesus Giving Benediction by Guercino, now at the Chambéry Musée d'Art et d'Histoire; The Holy Family Contemplating the Baby Jesus Sleeping by Francesco Gessi, now at the Clérmond-Ferrand Musée des Beaux-Arts; The Martyrdom of Saint Victoria by Giovanni Antonio Burrini, now at the Compiégne Musée National du Chateau
The Battle of Waterloo (Dutch: De Slag bij Waterloo) is a large history painting by the Dutch artist Jan Willem Pieneman completed in 1824. It portrays the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815 which marked the final defeat of Napoleon's French Empire and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It focuses on the Allied commanders led by the Duke of ...
[1]: 68 When the painting was sold in 1890, it reached a record price for a painting by a contemporary artist. It is currently housed in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. According to the art historian Constance Hungerford, Meissonier's work reflects the somber realities of Napoleon's final military campaign, emphasizing themes of loss, resilience ...