The Battle of Valmy
Horace Vernet · 1826
Why it's great
On September 20, 1792, the French revolutionary army, mostly new volunteers, stopped the experienced Prussian army at Valmy and saved the Revolution. Horace Vernet painted the cannonade in 1826.
🏛️ Part of history
The French Revolution (1789–1799) — On September 20, 1792, the French revolutionary army, mostly new volunteers, stopped the experienced Prussian army at Valmy and saved the Revolution.
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Horace Vernet was a French painter born in Paris in 1789. He painted many battles of Napoleon and the French army, and lived in Rome and Paris, where he died in 1863.
