Detail; Defense of Porte de Longboyau, at the Château de Buzenval, October 21, 1870, c. 1879
Oil on canvas
1,30
x 0,86 (h) m / with frame: 1,74 x 1,295 (h) mMusée de l’Armée – Hôtel des Invalides
The Third Republic was a golden age for military painting. Painters responded to the trauma of the 1871 defeat with images, which were sometimes unforgettable, depicting the heroic and glorious actions of ill-fortuned combats…
Zaidan Gallery 
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