The Battle of Waterloo
Details
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- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height 567 cm x width 823 cm
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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War and Military Both · 99%
The title identifies the Battle of Waterloo, while the image visibly presents uniformed soldiers, mounted officers, standards, weapons, and fallen figures.
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Conflict Both · 98%
The named battle and the depicted armed forces, combatants, battlefield disorder, and casualties directly support this subject tag.
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Crowds Visual · 98%
Numerous soldiers and mounted figures fill the foreground and extend in dense ranks across the distant battlefield.
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Equestrian Visual · 98%
Several prominent military figures are shown on horseback, with horses occupying major areas of the foreground and middle ground.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
The composition is dominated by identifiable standing, mounted, seated, and fallen human figures.
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Movement Visual · 94%
Raised arms, advancing horses, gesturing figures, standards, and overlapping bodies create a pronounced sense of action and physical motion.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 99%
Figures, horses, weapons, standards, and distant troops are closely arranged across the broad horizontal canvas.
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Dark Colors Visual · 87%
The painting is dominated by muted browns, ochres, reds, and gray-brown atmospheric tones, with relatively dark passages in the troops, ground, and clouds.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies oil on canvas as the medium.
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Large-Scale Painting Metadata · 99%
The cataloged dimensions of 567 by 823 cm identify the work as exceptionally large-scale painting.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the painting to 1824, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Source & rights
Jan Willem Pieneman. The Battle of Waterloo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.