The Taking of the Malakoff
Horace Vernet · 1858
Why it's great
French soldiers plant the tricolor flag on the Malakoff tower on September 8, 1855, the attack that finally brought down Sevastopol. Horace Vernet painted the victory in 1858.
🏛️ Part of history
The Crimean War (1853–1856) — French soldiers plant the tricolor flag on the Malakoff tower on September 8, 1855, the attack that finally brought down Sevastopol.
Where to see it
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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.
