This work of art, which features General Lasalle, retells a particular episode of the Battle of Wagram (5-6 July, 1809). Mounted on the back of a rearing horse, the general's courage is plain to see. He saved the life of Masséna at Heilsberg but was killed at Wagram leading a light-cavalry charge against the Austrian general Klenau.
The last charge of General Lasalle, killed at the Battle of Wagram, 6 July, 1809
Artist(s) : DETAILLE Edouard
- Date :
- 1912
- Technique :
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions :
- H = 1.8 m, L = 1.6 m
- Place held :
- Paris, Musée de l'Armée