LOUIS GONTIER, 19TH CENTURY The battle of Lutzen

signed, dated and titled 'Bataille de Lutzen 1813 L. Gontier’ (lower right); old label with inscription (on the reverse) oil on canvas 53.5 х 88.5 cm painted in 1813 The battle took place near Lutzen in North Germany, on May 2nd 1813. Napoleon Bonaparte and his second command, Marechal Ney, commanded the French cavalry in skilled engagements with Russian and Prussian forces under General Wittgenstein and won a decisive victory.