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The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army
ArtistLéon Cogniet
Year1834
TypeOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions78 cm × 189 cm (31 in × 74 in)
LocationPalace of Versailles, Versailles

The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army is an 1834 history painting by the French artist Léon Cogniet. It depicts a scene from September 1792 during the French Revolution. With a coalition of enemy forces marching on Paris, the city's National Guard departed the city to join up with the French Revolutionary Army. The French victory at the Battle of Valmy later that month was a turning point in the conflict. The painting uses the tricolour as the central focus in celebration of patriotic devotion. Visible in the background are the Pont Neuf, Louvre and Tuileries.

The work was commissioned by Louis Philippe I who had come to power in the July Revolution of 1830. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1836 at the Louvre. Today it is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles.

References

  1. Hargrove p.34
  2. Plazy p.32
  3. Boime p.71
  4. https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE005506?mainSearch=%22L%C3%A9on%20Cogniet%201792%22&last_view=%22list%22&idQuery=%222cc08-a46b-e24a-310-45a0ed8d6d16%22

Bibliography

  • Boime, Albert. Art in an Age of Civil Struggle, 1848-1871. University of Chicago Press, 2008.
  • Hargrove, June Ellen. The Statues of Paris: An Open-air Pantheon. Mercatorfonds, 1989.
  • Plazy, Gilles. Paris: History, Architecture, Art, Lifestyle, in Detail. Flammarion, 2003.
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