Saxons swearing allegieance to Napoleon
Saxons swearing allegieance to Napoleon, painting by Pietro Benvenuti in the Gallery of Modern Art in the Pitti Palace in Florence. The picture shows a group of Saxon soldiers as they are taking an oath of allegiance to general Bonaparte shown on the right on a staircase. In the foreground, on the ground, a young wounded soldier. The scene takes place in the open, at twilight. A beam of light seems to come from inside an adjacent building
Picture No
10489350
Media ID
44338428
Size
3084px x 2044px
(7.2MB)
Credit
Alinari Archives, Florence - Reproduced with the permission of Ministero per i Beni e le Attivit© Cu
Usage Restrictions
Editorial use only. For other uses please clear with Mary Evans in advance
Source
Pitti Palace, Gallery of Modern Art, Florence, Benvenuti, Pietro
Date
1812
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Adjacent Allegiance Beam Benvenuti Bonaparte Oath Pitti Romanticism Saxon Saxons Swearing
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