Artiste(s):

unknown maker

after Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)

Titre anglais composé:

The battle of Jena.

Titre inscrit:

Battle of Jena.

Inscription:

on opp. p.: Photo-Etching. - After Painting by Horace Vernet.

Description:

Illustration of an anecdote during the battle of Jena : a young grenadier of the Guard steps forward during a review of the troops by the emperor and enthusiastically exclaims : "en avant!" (forward!). Napoleon is said to have answerd : "...he'd better wait to have led in thirty battles before thinking he can give me his advice..." After Horace Vernet's painting.

Travail Original:

Napoléon Ier passant devant les troupes à la bataille d'Iena, 14 octobre 1806.

by

Vernet, Horace (1789-1863)

1836

. Oil on canvas; 465 x 543 cm; Musée national du château de Versailles et de Trianon.

Sujet(s):

Jena, Battle of (14 October 1806)

Œuvres associées:

Vernet, Horace (1789-1863); 'Napoléon Ier passant devant les troupes à la bataille d'Iena, 14 octobre 1806.'

Cote:

DC203 H43 1900z

Endroit supplémentaire:

vol. 4, p. 48