Artiste(s):

after VERNET, Horace (1789-1863)

 BEYER

Titre anglais composé:

The Battle of Hanau, 30 October 1813.

Titre inscrit:

BATAILLE DE HANAU. || (30 Octobre 1813.)

Inscription:

Horace Vernet pinx. // Imp. de Finot & Bougeard // Beyer sc. // Publié par Furne, Paris

Description:

A deep landscape is the setting for this crucial victory which would allow Napoleon and his troops to retreat from Germany after the disaster at Leipzig. French officers, cavalrymen and infantry fill the foreground with a violent confusion, while Napoleon stands calmly behind a cannon between the foreground and centre. Based on Horace Vernet's painting

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