The Peace of Amiens (painting)
| The Peace of Amiens | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jules-Claude Ziegler |
| Year | 1853 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 280 cm × 400 cm (110 in × 160 in) |
| Location | Musée de Picardie, Amiens |
The Peace of Amiens (French: La Paix d'Amiens) is an oil on canvas history painting by the French artist Jules-Claude Ziegler, from 1853. It depicts the signing of the Treaty of Amiens on 25 March 1802.[1][2] It is held in the Musée de Picardie, in Amiens.[3]
History and description
The agreement, negotiated in the city of Amiens in Picardy, brought an end to the French Revolutionary War and halted fighting between Britain and France that had lasted since 1793. In the evening the peace was short-lived with the Napoleonic Wars breaking out in May 1803. The painting shows the scene in the Hôtel de Ville, Amiens and depicts the two principal signatories, Joseph Bonaparte, the elder brother of the First Consul Napoleon, and Lord Cornwallis, acting on behalf of the government of Henry Addington. The work was painted at a time when Britain and the Second French Empire under Napoleon III had become allies, fighting the Crimean War together. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1853.[4]
References
- ^ Crook p.2
- ^ Viardot p.61
- ^ Musée d'Orsay (French)
- ^ Janson p.205
Bibliography
- Crook, Keith. The Imprisoned Traveler: Joseph Forsyth and Napoleon's Italy. Rutgers University Press, 2020.
- Grainger, John D. The Amiens Truce: Britain and Bonaparte, 1801-1803. Boydell Press, 2004.
- Janson, H.W. Paris Salon de 1853. Garland Publishing, 1977.
- Viardot, Louis. The Masterpieces of French Art Illustrated: Being a Biographical History of Art in France, from the Earliest Period to and Including the Salon of 1882. Gebbie, 1883.