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Edouard Jean-Baptiste Detaille (French, 1848-1912)
Lot 22

Edouard Jean-Baptiste Detaille (French, 1848-1912)

Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy, 1797

Closed11 September 2014

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Edouard Jean-Baptiste Detaille (French, 1848-1912)
Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy, 1797
signed and dated 'EDOUARD DETAILLE/1883.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 ¼ x 25 ¾ in. (51.4 x 65.4 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's New York, 15 February 1994, lot 27.

Specialist note

The subject of this painting depicts Napoleon’s victory over the Austrian forces. The Austrian prisoners are a mixture of cavalry, infantry and artillery, and are escorted by French Light Infantry whilst French dragoons in green on right look on. This work is directly inspired by his master Meissonier.
We are grateful to François Robichon for his assistance cataloguing this lot.