02 Works, The Art of War, Ferdinand Hodler’s Excerpt of the German students in the War of Freedom of 1813, with footnotes

Ferdinand Hodler
Excerpt of the German students in the War of Freedom of 1813, c. 1908

Oil on canvas
height: 358 cm (11.7 ft); width: 546 cm (17.9 ft)
Museum Association Thuringia

The painting, executed in the style of a fresco, is composed horizontally. In the lower zone, the motif of the departure is carried out in two individually designed groups; in the upper half, the column of students going into battle can be seen against the background of a Jena landscape…

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