Sunday, January 21, 2024

Napoleon during 1812 Russia campaign in Albrecht Adam's brushes

 Salvete Omnes,

taking of Smolensk 1812


we, the Napoleonic Age aficionados,  are still reeling from the 'fracaso' or failure of the latest Hollywood take on the great European aka Napoleon by a British director R. Scott.


So today some images of mounted Napoleon by maestro Albrecht Adam, who himself, when very young, was 'an honorable visual corespondent' during the epic 1812 campaign in Russia.  

detail from a larger painting
burning Moscow in 1812



detail from the Berezyna/Berezina crossing


nota bene gorgeously painted horse 



Valete

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  2. Nota bene, in January 1812 Napoleon ordered to have his immediate staff equestrian element organized in 10 'units' - 13 horses each. Together 130 horses. Each unit consisted of 2 war horses ( trained for war) for the Emperor, and 1 horse for traveling (easy gaited I presume). So we come to 20 war horses and 10 'gaited horses'trained only for Napoleon.

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