Zouaves at the Malakoff
| Zouaves at the Malakoff | |
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| Artist | Horace Vernet |
| Year | 1856 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 39.7 cm × 33.9 cm (15.6 in × 13.3 in) |
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Zouaves at the Malakoff is an 1856 military history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.[1] It features a scene from the Crimean War during the Battle of Malakoff, the final storming of the Malakoff Redoubt on 8 September 1855 that brought an end the Siege of Sevastopol. A group of French Zouaves are shown during the assault on the Russian defences.[2]
Although Vernet had not witnessed the actual storming of the Malakoff, he had visited the siege lines in 1854. The painting was acquired by Queen Victoria as a Christmas present for her husband Prince Albert in 1857 and remains in the Royal Collection today. A mezzotint was produced based on the painting by Adolphe Gautier.[3] Vernet returned to produce a larger painting based on the subject The Capture of the Malakoff Tower.
References
- ↑ Lambert p.99
- ↑ Thoma p.177
- ↑ https://www.rct.uk/collection/406470/zouaves-at-the-malakoff
Bibliography
- Godfrey, Sima. The Crimean War and Cultural Memory: The War France Won and Forgot. University of Toronto Press, 2023.
- Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
- Lambert, David. Soldiers of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Thoma, Julia. The Final Spectacle: Military Painting under the Second Empire, 1855-1867. Walter de Gruyter, 2019.
