Thursday 27 November 2014

Aanval op de bergvesting Colle dell'Assietta, Hyacinth de La Pegna, 1754

Go here to see zoomable versionPresumably this is a depiction of the Battle of Assietta in the War of Austrian Succession

1 comment:

abdul666 said...

A very interesting painting, full of 'authentic-looking' details such as the ersatz gaiters of stripped canvas.
Of special interest, since rarely figured, are the typical highly decorated French military mules.
Unfortunately it seems that the only full color images of the painting available on the web show only its upper-right part (the death of the Chevalier de Belle-Isle) so the colors of the mules' harness, decorated eyelids, bells... remain so far a mystery.