The Battle of Lauffeld (French: Bataille de Lawfeld) is an 1836 history painting by the French artist Auguste Couder. It portrays a view of the Battle of Lauffeld fought on 2 July 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The battle, fought in Limburg ended in a French victory over the Pragmatic Army under the command of the Duke of Cumberland. The painting depicts a moment that the British Huguenot general John Ligonier was captured after leading a daring cavalry charge deep into the French lines. The French monarch Louis XV and his German-born Marshal Maurice de Saxe are shown on horseback.https://salons.musee-orsay.fr/Detail/objects/148920
The painting was commissioned in 1835 by the French monarch Louis Philippe I for the new Museum of French History at the Palace of Versailles. Couder was paid 12,000 Francs for producing the work.https://collections.chateauversailles.fr/?queryid=c65177ec-46fc-43a6-80a0-fa2d03b357cf#/query/dc72e100-3aca-474d-80d5-0e7f87987d32 It was displayed at the Salon of 1836 held at the Louvre in Paris. Today the work is in the Galerie des Batailles at Versailles.https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE005901
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