Monday, May 9, 2011

Warrior with Drawn Sword

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This is a reproduction of " Warrior with Drawn Sword" of 1808 by Jean Eugene Charles Alberti.  Alberti was a native of Maastrict in the Netherlands and studied in Amsterdam where he had lived since 1783.  He moved to Paris where he studied under the Neoclassical Master David.  He became of pensioner of Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland, and studied in Rome and made his home in Paris.  He left there in 1843 and nothing more is known of his activities; he was sixty-six years old when he disappeared.  The original of this masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and is 73 cm wide and 92.5cm high.

Reproduction for sale on Zazzle

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