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Study for The Battle of Waterloo
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Around the empty spaces for the arm and head of Fremantle, Wellington’s aide-de-camp, Pieneman drew a group of infantrymen firing their muskets at the enemy. Extra ammunition was carried onto the battlefield in chests. Such details are more visible in Pieneman’s drawings than in his painting. However, oil proved a better medium for representing musket shots and the associated smoke.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStudie voor De Slag bij Waterloo. c. 1824. Jan Willem Pieneman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
