Edouard Detaille, 1879 - The Defense of Champigny - fine art print

Description of the artpiece created by Edouard Detaille

In 1879 Edouard Detaille created this artpiece The Defense of Champigny. The original had the following size 48 x 84 3/4 in (121,9 x 215,3 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the French artist as the technique for the masterpiece. This work of art is included in the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Henry Hilton, 1887 (public domain license). Creditline of the artwork: Gift of Henry Hilton, 1887. Besides this, the alignment is in landscape format with a ratio of 16 : 9, which implies that the length is 78% longer than the width.

Original description from the museum (© Copyright - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

In this battle picture, shown in the Salon of 1879, Détaille depicts an incident that he had observed on December 2, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. General Faron's soldiers are shown fortifying their new position at the town of Champigny-sur-Marne, near Paris, and breaking openings in the wall for cannons. General Faron is at the left, talking to an old gardener. The artist painted a replica of the picture in 1879 (private collection) and returned to the subject for a huge panorama of the battle (now destroyed) that he executed with de Neuville in 1882.

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