FRENCH SCHOOL, circa 1813/1815

细节

FRENCH SCHOOL, circa 1813/1815

Prince Joseph Poniatowski's heroic death, the fielf-marshal on horseback about to drown in river Elster, a battle scene in the background; fixé-sous-verre, rectangular -- 76 x 45 mm, metal mount

拍品专文

Prince Joseph Poniatowski (Vienna 1763-1813 Leipzig), took part in the Napoleonic wars on the French side. The Emperor styled him war-minister of the Grand-Duchy of Warszawa in 1807, and Marchal of the Empire on 16 October 1813, on the occasion of the Battle of Leipzig. Poniatowski drowned in the river Elster on 19 October 1813.