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Own a Piece of History: Stunning Military Paintings for Your Home
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items For those interested in military history, as well as people who just want something interesting and good quality to hang on their walls. Ranging from Naval and Land battles, to ones fought on Horseback, there are even ones featuring Napoleon. Please ...
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Naval Battles
Land Battles
On Horseback
Napoleon Related
Naval Battles
Between 1652 and 1674, three naval wars were fought with England – the so-called Anglo-Dutch Wars. This painting represents the Battle of Scheveningen (also known as the Battle of Texel or the Battle of Ter Heijde) was the final naval battle of the F...
The Battle of Terheide by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraten fine art on canvas
Created in 1560, this painting is not a representation of a specific historical event, but rather a scene of artistic license
Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples by Pieter Bruegel (Elder) fine art on canvas
In the Battle of Abukir (or Aboukir or Abu Qir) Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799, during the French campaign in Egypt. It is considered the first pitched battle with this name, as there already had been a ...
The Battle of Abukir by Antoine-Jean Gros fine art on canvas
The naval Battle of Texel or Battle of Kijkduin took place off the western coast of the island of Texel on 21 August 1673 (11 August O.S.) between the Dutch and the combined English and French fleets. It was the last major battle of the Third Anglo-D...
The Battle of the Texel by Willem van deVelde the Younger fine art on canvas
Land Battles
The Thin Red Line refers to an episode in the Battle of Balaklava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. In this incident, around 200 men of the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) , aided by a small force of 100 walking wounded, 40 detached Guardsmen...
The Thin Red Line - Battle of Balaclava by Robert Gibb fine art on canvas
The Battle of Borodino or Battle of Moscow (French: bataille de la Moskova), in popular literature also known as the Battle of the Generals, took place on the outskirts of Moscow near the village of Borodino on 7 September 1812 during Napoleon's inva...
Battle of Borodino, by Louis Lejeune fine art on canvas
The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested between elements o...
Quatre Bras, 1815 by Elizabeth Thompson fine art on canvas
Featuring a castle as well as men on horseback against infantry and cannons. This painting does not depict a specific battle.
Battle Scene with Infantry & cavalry by Jaques Courtois fine art on canvas
Schnetz’s canvas illustrates the second day of the July Revolution of 1830. In reaction to oppressive orders signed by Charles X, the Paris crowds threw up barricades and seized the Hôtel de Ville. This emotive and romantic work focuses on the glorio...
The Battle for the Town Hall, 1830 by Jean-Victor Schnetz fine art on canvas
"Scotland Forever!" is an 1881 painting by Lady Butler depicting the start of the cavalry charge of the Royal Scots Greys who charged alongside the British heavy cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 during the Napoleonic wars.
Scotland Forever by Elizabeth Thompson fine art on canvas
On Horseback
Created in 1815, this was an oil on canvas painting. Soldiers and smoke in the background, with officers riding white horses and brown horses in the foreground.
Austrian Staff Officers Watching the Battle by Adam Albrecht fine art on canvas
"Russian Horsemen Storming the Battle Field" is a painting by the Russian artist Constantin Stoiloff (1850-1924). It depicts a dramatic scene of horsemen charging onto a battlefield.
Russian Horsemen Storming the Battle Field by Stoiloff fine art on canvas
"Napoleonic Battle in the Alps" is a painting by Horace Vernet, created in 1814. It depicts a battle during Napoleon's Italian campaign, specifically featuring his crossing of the Alps.
Napoleonic Battle in the Alps by Horace Vernet fine art on canvas
"The Field of Battle" by French painter Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) is a work that captures the solemn aftermath of a conflict, often depicted as a lone cavalryman on a battlefield.
The Field of Battle by Paul Delaroche fine art on canvas
This painting depicts a snowy landscape that stretches across the foreground and background. In the center, a sled is pulled by four horses. Surrounding the scene are leafless trees and distant hills.
Winter Landscape with a Sled & 4 Horses by Josef Mathauser fine art on canvas
Created in 1825, this painting features a battle scene with men and horses.
The Attack of Zrinyi by Johann Peter Krafft fine art on canvas
Alexander of Württemberg (St. Petersburg 1804-1885 Tüffer/Slovenia) is the youngest child of Duke Louis (1756-1817), a brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg and Tsarina Maria Fjodovovna.
Alexander Herzog von Wurttemburg 1830 by Adam Albrecht fine art on canvass
A cavalry skirmish with a few people running away in the background, and a village in the far distance.
A cavalry skirmish by ADAM FRANS VAN DER MEULEN fine art on canvass
Napoleon Related
The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, from 1874.
Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo by Philippoteaux fine art on canvas
The painting depicts Napoleon Bonaparte observing the Battle of Friedland, which took place in 1807. Walker's version of the painting was created in 1885
Napoleon watching the battle of friedland, 1807 by Walker fine art on canvas
Completed during the winter of 1807–1808, the work became an icon of the emerging style of French Romanticism. It depicts a moment from the aftermath of the bloody Battle of Eylau (7–8 February 1807) in which Napoleon Bonaparte surveys the battlefiel...
Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau by Antoine-Jean Gros fine art on canvas
Created in 1801, the painting commemorates Napoleon Bonaparte's 1800 campaign across the Alps into northern Italy, depicting him as a powerful and confident leader. David's work served as propaganda, idealizing Napoleon's image and reinforcing his au...
Bonaparte, calm on a fiery steed, by Jacques-Louis David fine art on canvas
It depicts the battle of Waterloo under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte against British forces under the Duke of Wellington, the Prussian troops under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and soldiers from the Netherlands, the Province of Hanover, the Du...
The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler fine art on canvas
This painting depicts the lavish ceremony at Notre-Dame de Paris on December 2, 1804, where Napoleon was consecrated and Josephine was crowned. David, commissioned by Napoleon himself, created this monumental work to commemorate the event and solidif...
Consecration of the emperor napoleon I by Jacques-Louis David fine art on canvas