Essling's Battle

The four large paintings of the woodworks of the large living room were commissioned by Victor Masséna to Paul Grolleron, painter of history and battles and signed in 1900-1901. The latter was asked to represent in four paintings the facts of major arms of General Masséna at the Napoleonic period, which had become a marshal in 1804, Duke of Rivoli in 1808, Prince of Essling in 1810.

They represented the battle of Rivoli, where General Masséna took over the Austrian army in 1797; Conegliano’s interview, supported in Genoa against the Austrians in 1800; The battle of Ebelsberg, delivered to the Austrians on the banks of the Danube in 1809 and the Battle of Essling, a village on the Danube, a battle where General Masséna appeared in 1809.

Paul GROLLERON (1848-1901)
The Battle of Rivoli, 1797
The Entrevue du Pont de Conegliano, 1800
The Battle of Ebelsberg, 1809
The Battle of Essling, 1809
Oils on canvas
265 x 163 cm