| The Defence of Mazagran | |
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| Artist | Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux |
| Year | 1841 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 270 cm × 420 cm (110 in × 170 in) |
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The Defence of Mazagran (French: Defense of Mazagran) is an oil on canvas history painting by the French artist Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, from 1841.
It depicts a scene from the French conquest of Algeria. During the Battle of Mazagran on 6 February 1840, a small force of French soldiers repulsed an assault led by Mustapha Ben Tami on the towns walls of Mazagran. The heroic resistance of a vastly outnumbered force, draws parallels with the Spartans at Battle of Thermopylae.
Stylistically it reflects the fashionable Romanticism of the period. The painting was commissioned by the Ministry of War. It was displayed at the Salon of 1842 held at the Louvre in Paris. Today it is in the collection of the Musée de l'Histoire de France at the Palace of Versailles.
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