Siege of the Bastille (Cholat)
| La Prise de la Bastille: 14 Juillet 1789 | |
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| English: The Taking of the Bastille: 14 July 1789 | |
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| Artist | Claude Cholat |
| Year | 1789 |
| Type | Gouache |
| Owner | Carnavalet Museum |
Siege of the Bastille (French: La Prise de la Bastille) is a gouache painting by Claude Cholat depicting the Storming of the Bastille. The painting is now in the Carnavalet Museum in Paris, France.
Details
[edit]Claude Cholat was a wine merchant living in Paris on the Rue Noyer at the start of the French Revolution in 1789.[1] On the morning of 14 July a large Revolutionary crowd gathered outside the royal prison called the Bastille and in the afternoon fighting broke out between the crowd and the royal garrison.[1] Cholat fought on the side of the Revolutionaries, manning one of their cannon during the battle. Afterwards, he produced the famous amateur gouache painting showing the events of the day; produced in primitive, naive style. It combines all the events of the day into a single graphical representation.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Schama, Simon (2004). Citizens: a Chronicle of the French Revolution. London: Penguin. pp. 340–341. ISBN 978-0-14-101727-3. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
Bibliography
[edit]- Schama, Simon. (2004) Citizens: a Chronicle of the French Revolution London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-101727-3.
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