The Siege of Constantine (painting)

The Siege of Constantine
ArtistHorace Vernet
Year1838
TypeOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions512 cm × 518 cm (202 in × 204 in)
LocationPalace of Versailles, Versailles

The Siege of Constantine (French: La prise de Constantine) is an 1838 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet depicting a scene from the French conquest of Algeria. It portrays French troops storming the city of Constantine on 13 October 1838. It was one of a trilogy of paintings Vernet produced depicting different stages of the siege. It forms the third part of a Triptych. The work was displayed at the Salon of 1839 at the Louvre in Paris. The painting was commissioned by Louis Philippe I for the Musée de l'Histoire de France at the Palace of Versailles.

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