The Battle of Valmy 1792 by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse
Falcon (UK) 1990's, No. 3662 Imperial. Recent eBay find.
2.000 pcs, 98 x 68 cm. Difficult but fun.
Incredible colors and quality. Why can't they make puzzles like this anymore?
Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (1784-1844) born in Corbeil of humble origin, entered nineteen years at the school of Fine arts in Paris. A talented portraitist, under the Empire and the Restoration of the favors aristocracy and the Parisian bourgeoisie, he made an elegant gallery of portraits of the society of his time. In 1819 he received orders from Louis XVIII for the ceilings of the Louvre. A history painter of talent earned him a Louis-Philippe of command to the Museum of History of France that the King created at Versailles.
As Furetto correctly has pointed out, Mauzaisse's painting is a faithful 1836 copy of Vernet's painting from 1826. Palace of Versailles, France.
The puzzle presents only the lower left part of the painting.
The Battle of Valmy 1792 by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse
Falcon (UK) 1990's, No. 3662 Imperial. Recent eBay find.
2.000 pcs, 98 x 68 cm. Difficult but fun.
Incredible colors and quality. Why can't they make puzzles like this anymore?
Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (1784-1844) born in Corbeil of humble origin, entered nineteen years at the school of Fine arts in Paris. A talented portraitist, under the Empire and the Restoration of the favors aristocracy and the Parisian bourgeoisie, he made an elegant gallery of portraits of the society of his time. In 1819 he received orders from Louis XVIII for the ceilings of the Louvre. A history painter of talent earned him a Louis-Philippe of command to the Museum of History of France that the King created at Versailles.
As Furetto correctly has pointed out, Mauzaisse's painting is a faithful 1836 copy of Vernet's painting from 1826. Palace of Versailles, France.
The puzzle presents only the lower left part of the painting.