The Defence of Saragossa

The Defence of Saragossa
ArtistDavid Wilkie
Year1828
TypeOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions94 cm × 141 cm (37 in × 56 in)
LocationRoyal Collection, Windsor Castle

The Defence of Saragossa is an 1828 history painting by the British artist David Wilkie.[1] It depicts a scene during the 1808 Siege of Zaragoza at the time of the Peninsular War.[2]

Wilkie, a London-based Scottish painter, had recently travelled through Spain and this was one of a series of four works he produced featuring scenes of Spanish resistance to the French occupiers in the Peninsular War.

Wilkie was inspired by the story of Agustina de Aragón who stepped over the fallen body of her husband to fire a cannon at the French in defence of the city. The painting was bought by George IV following its exhibition at the Royal Academy's 1829 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House.[3] It remains in the Royal Collection.

References

  1. ^ Tromans, p. 293.
  2. ^ Holland, p. 106.
  3. ^ Tromans, pp. 290-92.

Bibliography

  • Holland, Robert. The Warm South: How the Mediterranean Shaped the British Imagination. Yale University Press, 2018.
  • Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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