The Wounded Cuirassier [SEP] creator
The Wounded Cuirassier
The Wounded Cuirassier () is an oil painting of a single anonymous soldier descending a slope with his horse by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). In this 1814 Salon entry, Géricault decided to depict a different view of battle than the generally done views of entire battles or of famous generals bravely fighting. On display just a few months after Napoleon's fall from power, this life-size painting symbolized the French defeats and Napoleon's failure. Though the painting is called "
" Cuirassier Nr. 1, "Lothringen" Cuirassier Nr. 7, "Anspach" Dragoon Nr. 11, "Kinsky" Dragoon Nr. 12 and "Vécsey" Hussar Nr. 4 Regiments.
Results.
At Mannheim, the French sustained losses of 1,600 killed and wounded, while their enemies captured 1,900 soldiers, 23 artillery pieces, 20 vehicles and two colors. Austrian casualties numbered 1,300 killed, wounded and missing. Ney was bruised in two places, by a case shot on his left leg and by