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Study for "1807, Friedland"

Date

1867-1872

Creator

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

This small oil sketch of a Napoleonic cuirassier, or cavalry soldier, charging into battle was one of many studies for Meissonier’s large painting of Napoleon’s victory over the Russians at Friedland, Germany, on June 14, 1807. Meissonier’s intention for the completed painting, entitled 1807, Friedland (1861-75, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), was to illustrate "the love, the adoration of the soldiers for the great Captain in whom they had faith, and for whom they were ready to die." It is not so much a victory celebration as a tribute to the relationship between the French Army and its commander. from Weisberg, Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art (Notre Dame, 2012)

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This small oil sketch of a Napoleonic cuirassier, or cavalry soldier, charging into battle was one of many studies for Meissonier’s large painting of Napoleon’s victory over the Russians at Friedland, Germany, on June 14, 1807. Meissonier’s intention for the completed painting, entitled 1807, Friedland (1861-75, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), was to illustrate "the love, the adoration of the soldiers for the great Captain in whom they had faith, and for whom they were ready to die." It is not so much a victory celebration as a tribute to the relationship between the French Army and its commander. from Weisberg, Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art (Notre Dame, 2012)
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  • This small oil sketch of a Napoleonic cuirassier, or cavalry soldier, charging into battle was one of many studies for Meissonier’s large painting of Napoleon’s victory over the Russians at Friedland, Germany, on June 14, 1807. Meissonier’s intention for the completed painting, entitled 1807, Friedland (1861-75, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), was to illustrate "the love, the adoration of the soldiers for the great Captain in whom they had faith, and for whom they were ready to die." It is not so much a victory celebration as a tribute to the relationship between the French Army and its commander. from Weisberg, Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art (Notre Dame, 2012)
  • This small oil sketch of a Napoleonic cuirassier, or cavalry soldier, charging into battle was one of many studies for Meissonier’s large painting of Napoleon’s victory over the Russians at Friedland, Germany, on June 14, 1807. Meissonier’s intention for the completed painting, entitled 1807, Friedland (1861-75, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), was to illustrate "the love, the adoration of the soldiers for the great Captain in whom they had faith, and for whom they were ready to die." It is not so much a victory celebration as a tribute to the relationship between the French Army and its commander. from Weisberg, Breaking the Mold: The Legacy of the Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin Collection of Nineteenth-Century French Art (Notre Dame, 2012)
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815 - 1891)
1867-1872
Paintings
Oil on paper on mounted to panel
2009.045.068
cavaliers
Raclin Murphy Museum: 109A
17 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (44.13 x 34.61 cm)
The Muriel S. and Noah L. Butkin Collection

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