The Retreat of Napoleon's Army from Russia
| The Retreat of Napoleon's Army from Russia | |
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| Artist | Ary Scheffer |
| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 127.6 cm × 162.6 cm (50.2 in × 64.0 in) |
| Location | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven |
The Retreat of Napoleon's Army from Russia in 1812 is an 1826 history painting by the Dutch artist Ary Scheffer.[1] It depicts a scene from the French invasion of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars. After the occupation of Moscow Napoleon's army undertook harrying retreat westwards. Scheffer was a Dordrecht-born painter who settled in Paris in 1810.[2] He was a close friend of the son of Marshal Michel Ney and he depicts Ney on horseback at the centre of the canvas guiding the retreating troops towards safety. After being considered lost for more than a century and a half, it was rediscovered in Paris in 1986. Today the painting is in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven in Connecticut, having been acquired in 2011.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Wright p.699
- ^ Hargrove p.44
- ^ Yale University Art Gallery
Bibliography
[edit]- Hargrove, June Ellen. Liberty: The French-American Statue in Art and History. Perennial Library, 1986.
- Wright, Christopher. The World's Master Paintings: From the Early Renaissance to the Present Day. Routledge, 1992.