Artist(s):

after Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

 unknown maker

Composed Title English:

Austerlitz.

Inscribed Title:

AUSTERLITZ

Inscription:

Déposé à la Direction // [something illegible]

Description:

Rapp, Napoleon's aide-de-camp, leading squadron of Mamelouks, disperses the Russian guard's cavalry. Irresistible charge 'immortalised' in Gérard's painting commissioned by Napoleon.

Original Work:

Bataille d'Austerlitz, 2 décembre 1805.

by

Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837)

1808 / 1810 Salon

. Oil on canvas; 510 x 958 cm; Musée National des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Subject Heading(s):

Rapp, Jean, comte (1771-1821) général

Austerlitz, Battle of (2 December 1805)

Medium:

aquatint

Dimensions:

267 x 361; sheet

Condition:

fine

Copy Specific:

recto, bottom centre: illegible collector's markings; bottom right: "4"

Provenance:

"1xa" collector

McGill Notes:

Pennington Catalogue p. 0998

Related Works:

Gérard, François, baron (1770-1837); 'Bataille d'Austerlitz, 2 décembre 1805.'

LocNo:

4° N III 068