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Title: (As in the
S.H.A.T. Catalogue) Vue du Défilé de la Madona di Corona Title: (As in the Liste Chronologique des Tableaux, 1901,
P.16) |
| Author: Bagetti,
Giuseppe Pietro
Execution Date: Dimensions: 79cm x 54cm |
Archive: S.H.A.T.
Catalogue Number: B42 Material/Technique: watercolour |
Text on Image: Les débris de l'armée autrichienne battue la veille à Rivoli viennent d'être culbutés de leur position de retraite sur les hauteurs de Martin-Magnone et Corona; ils se précipitent dans le défilé et s'échappent qu'en petit nombre au feu d'un corps français qui les avait devancés et occupait les crêtes du passage. 26 nivôse an V. (15 janvier 1797). |
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Description/Comments: On the 15th of January, following up on the victories at Rivoli on the previous day, General Joubert was able to chase the Austrians north to the Madonna della Corona and then to chase them from the heights. Standing at the top of the Madonna della Corona as the Austrians rushed into the gorge, the French forces were able to decimate what remained of d’Alvintzi’s army. Bagetti’s view is oriented to the south as the Austrians rush through the gorge leading back into the Alps. The Austrian soldiers are just visible as they scurry down the narrow path and are picked off by French gunfire from above. The military administration seems to have liked this view but again found that the rock face was too grey and that it lacked definition. This too was the occasion of some irritated correspondence from Bagetti.[i]
[i] Bagetti to Muriel via Brossier, 30 October 1806, Service historique de l’armée de terre, Vincennes, 3 M 245. |
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