Artwork
Kozietulski leading a squadron in the Somossiera Gorge
Kozietulski leading a squadron in the Somossiera Gorge is an oil painting by Joseph Sonntag. It dates from 1818 and is held in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.
About this work
Overview
Kozietulski leading a squadron in the Somossiera Gorge is an oil painting created by Joseph Sonntag in 1818. It is housed at the National Museum in Warsaw.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a military scene centered around a horseman in a blue uniform and gold helmet, wielding a sword. Soldiers on horseback accompany him, some armed with spears, while observers watch from a rocky outcropping.
Technique & Style
The artist employs chiaroscuro to create depth and contrast, highlighting the figures and landscape.
Artist & collection
Artist
Joseph Sonntag painted formal portraits in the early 1800s. His brush captured Józia Walicka holding a dove around 1812, Franciszek Ksawery Christiani’s dignified face in 1822, and a woman lost in a red scarf two years…
Blue Hussars
Inspection of the 14th Regiment of Cuirassiers of the Duchy of Warsaw
Feldschlacht
De Slag bij Bautersem, gedurende de Tiendaagse Veldtocht
After the battle
Die verbündeten Heere, Kaiser Franz I. (II.) von Österreich mit dem Kronprinzen Ferdinand an der Spitze, überschreiten im Juli 1815 die Vogesen
Inspection of a Cavalry Regiment, perhaps by William of Hesse-Homburg
Feldlager
Societate veselă cu vânat (pandant: Societate cu vânat)
Luptă între cavalerie și pedestrime
Cavalry Battle by a River
Battle scene: Wincenty Krasiński receives the report from Kozietulski after the battle of Somosierra (copy, after Horace Vernet)