Murat Defeating the Turkish Army at Aboukir
Datec. 1805
Object PlaceFrance, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas, mounted on board
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions54 1/2 × 34 3/4 inches (138.43 × 88.27 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
Object number49.337
DescriptionCavalry battle scene. French horsemen advance from the left, Turkish soldiers retreat to the right. Ranking officer with drawn sword, bicorn hat with gold trim, center, on white horse. Right background, walled Turkish citadel with two minarets. On the horizon, French frigates approach.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 2, A
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Anonymous sale, Lebrun, rue de Clery, Paris, May 21, 1828
Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, sale Hotel des Venter
Mobilieres, Paris, Feb 20, 1847, no 21 (bought by
Cambaceres)
Marie-Jean-Pierre-Hubert, duc de Cambaceres, Paris 1847
Edouard Napoleon Cesar Edmond Mortier, duc de Trevise,
Paris, 1935
Julius Weitzner, New York
c. 1905-10
1780/1790
1824/1828
1702/1705
c. 1847/1849
1932