Paintings Gallery

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France

Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France, the site of the earliest known cave paintings (as of 2011), which have been dated to between 32, 900 and 30, 000 years ago

© JAVIER TRUEBA/MSF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Battle of Quatre Bras

Battle of Quatre Bras - from painting by Vereker. battle between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the French Arme du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney during Hundred Days in Napoleonic Wars, 16 June 1815. Present - day Belgium

© Lebrecht

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On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo

On the evening of the Battle of Waterloo - from painting by Ernest Crofts. Battle between French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon and armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, supported by Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blcher. 18 June 1815. During Waterloo Campaign of findal Hundred Days (Neopolitan War) of Napoleonic Wars, between Napoleon s return from exile and defeat at Waterloo. Present- day Belgium

© Lebrecht