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The Battle of Friedland (French: Bataille de Friedland, 14 juin 1807) is an 1835 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. [1] It depicts the Battle of Friedland fought on 14 June 1807 in East Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was a decisive victory for French forces over their Russian enemies.
Vive L'Empereur! is a history painting made retrospectively by French artist Édouard Detaille in 1891, based upon the cavalry charge of the French 4th Hussars during the Battle of Friedland. [1] The actual battle had taken place on 14 June 1807, some 41 years before the artist's birth. [2]
1807, Friedland is an oil on canvas painting by the French painter Ernest Meissonier, created in c. 1861–1875. It is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , in New York . [ 1 ]
The engagement at Friedland was a strategic necessity after the Battle of Eylau earlier in 1807 had failed to yield a decisive verdict for either side. The battle began when Bennigsen noticed the seemingly isolated reserve corps of Marshal Lannes at the town of Friedland.
An 1864 history painting, "1814, the Campaign of France" (Musée d'Orsay, Paris), signaled the artist's new interest in epic Napoleonic subjects. Countering that image of Napoleon in defeat, "1807, Friedland," Meissonier's largest and most ambitious painting, evokes one of the emperor's greatest victories.
The Battle of Bouvines (painting) The Battle of Fontenoy; The Battle of Friedland (painting) The Battle of Jemappes; The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Hanau; The Battle of Montmirail; The Battle of Valmy; The Battle of Wagram
The Battle of Albuera; 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 Aboukir; Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805 (Gérard) The Battle of Bouvines (painting) The Battle of Fontenoy; The Battle of Friedland (painting) The Battle of Jena; The Battle of Smolensk; The Battle of Taillebourg, 21 July 1242; The Battle of the Pyramids (painting) The Battle of Wagram; Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole