This oil on canvas is one of the last works produced by alphonse de neuville. This academic painter influenced by eugènde delacroix (1798 - 1863) is, with édouard detaille (1848 - 1912), one of the main representatives of military painting at the end of the 19th century, specializing in scenes depicting the franco-prussian war of 1870. In this work, a. De neuville, who benefited during his lifetime from real public recognition through his most famous painting "the last cartridges" (1873), the entire composition testifies to a desire to serve the nation, by painting the tragic heroes of the defeat, that of the battle of lizaine in january 1871, which could perhaps have changed the course of history by unblocking belfort. Object Type: painting. Date: 1884. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: History Museum of Belfort. 2012-10-12 16-18-11-musee-histoire-belfort-combat
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