The Death of General Colbert (c. 1809/1810): Art, History and Details

The Death of General Colbert (c. 1809/1810) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Victor Schnetz (French, 1787–1870).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In 1809, the popular young French military hero General Auguste Colbert died at a battle in Spain. The following year, Schnetz depicted the moment of Colbert's death. This is the study for a much larger painting exhibited at the Paris Salon, but now lost. The exploits of Napoleon and his army were popular subjects for French artists whose work was shown in official exhibitions.

Object facts

• Title: The Death of General Colbert
• Date: c. 1809/1810
• Creator attribution: Victor Schnetz (French, 1787–1870)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on fabric
• Dimensions: Unframed: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1980.285

Collection credit

Bequest of Noah L. Butkin

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
• Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.

View the collection record

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