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Source Description
Two Spanish partisans struggle to dispose of the corpse of a French cuirassier (cavalry soldier who wears a breastplate) by dumping it into a well. The old woman at the entrance carries the helmets and swords of their victim and of another French soldier who presumably has suffered the same fate. Zamacoïs, a pupil of J.-L.-E. Meissonier and a close associate of the Catalan painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, pursued his brief career in Paris. Like his teacher, he depicted scenes from the Napoleonic era; however, he showed them from the point of view of the Spanish victims.
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Document identity
localId
23182
label
Spain 1812, French Occupation
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
23182
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Spain 1812, French Occupation
description
Two Spanish partisans struggle to dispose of the corpse of a French cuirassier (cavalry soldier who wears a breastplate) by dumping it into a well. The old woman at the entrance carries the helmets and swords of their victim and of another French soldier who presumably has suffered the same fate. Zamacoïs, a pupil of J.-L.-E. Meissonier and a close associate of the Catalan painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, pursued his brief career in Paris. Like his teacher, he depicted scenes from the Napoleonic era; however, he showed them from the point of view of the Spanish victims.
provenance
Widow Zamacois y Zabala [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1875, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1866
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
44.3
height
52
dimensionsRaw
H: 17 7/16 x W: 20 1/2 in. (44.3 x 52 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: Ed Zamacois; [Date] Lower right: 66
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
2712
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
type
photo
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18c8633655b3abca