The Battle of Montmirail

The Battle of Montmirail is an 1822 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.

It was one of four battle scenes Vernet painted on a commission by the Duke of Orleans, a cousin of Louis XVIII and himself a future monarch of France.

Fought on 11 February 1814 during the Six Days' Campaign, Napoleon's success there ultimately didn't prevent the fall of Paris and his abdication two months later.

When two of his works were rejected for the Salon, Vernet pulled all but one of his paintings from the exhibition including this one.

The author Stendhal hailed it as "Horace Vernet's masterpiece" and praised it for its romanticism.