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A Charge of Cuirassiers

A Charge of Cuirassiers is an 1823 history painting by the French artist Théodore Géricault.[1][2] It portrays a battle scene from the Napoleonic Wars as charging French cuirassiers seize a regimental colour from Russian infantry.[3] Battle scenes remained popular in the decades after the fighting ceased in 1815, with Géricault's friend Horace Vernet producing a large number. Today the painting is in Wallace Collection in London, having been purchased by the Marquess of Hertford in 1857 in Paris.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hannoosh p.134
  2. ^ Bazin p.170
  3. ^ Ingamells p.123-25
  4. ^ https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultDetailView/result.tab.link&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SelementList&sp=0&sp=1&sp=999&sp=SdetailView&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=1&sp=F&sp=SdetailBlockKey&sp=0

Bibliography

  • Bazin, Germain. Théodore Géricault: La Gloire de L'empire et la première restauration. Bibliothèque des Arts, 1987.
  • Hannoosh, Michèle. Jules Michelet: Writing Art and History in Nineteenth-Century France. Penn State Press, 2019.
  • Ingamells, John. The Wallace Collection: French Nineteenth Century. Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1985.