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Battle of the Pyramids; De slag bij de Piramiden

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Date

1803

Artist

Dirk Langendijk (1748-1805)

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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-1954-74

Description

Dirk Langendijk was a prolific draughtsman specializing in military scenes with numerous small figures. His style was appropriately pithy. Yet although several military encounters took place in the Netherlands during the Revolutionary period of 1789–1799, he based most of his depictions on his own imagination. It was at the Battle of the Pyramids in 1798 that Napoleon’s French army defeated the Egyptian Mamluks.; Dirk Langendijk was een productief tekenaar van militaire taferelen met vele kleine figuurtjes. Zijn pittige stijl leende zich daar goed voor. Hoewel er in de revolutionaire jaren omstreeks 1789-1799 in Nederland enkele militaire schermutselingen plaatsvonden, baseerde hij zijn voorstellingen meestal op zijn fantasie. De Slag bij de Piramiden vond in 1798 plaats tussen het Franse leger van Napoleon en de Egyptische Mamelukken.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy Rijksmuseum

Location

Imbabah, Egypt

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