The Charge of the Life Guards Cossacks at Leipzig on 4 October 1813., Carl Rechlin, 1845
The painting depicts an episode of the battle of leipzig. The figure in the centre, on the white horse, with the raised sabre, is the commander of the life guards cossack regiment vasily orlov-denisov. The work was created in 1845 on the order of his descendants. Object Type: painting. Genre: military art. Date: 1845. Dimensions: height: 142 cm (55.9 in); width: 190 cm (74.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Vasily Orlov-Denisov. Collection: The Novocherkassk Museum of the History of Don Cossacks. The Charge of the Life Guards Cossacks by C Rechlin 1845