Victor Adam (1801-1866), Cossack on Horseback

Drawing on paper. Dimensions: 35 cm x 25.5 cm; 55.5 cm x 45.5 cmThe work was drawn by an unknown artist based on a print by Victor Adam (1801-1866). The work was a pair with the graphic of Kosciuszko on horseback and refers to the lost battle of Maciejowice during which Tadeusz Kosciuszko was taken prisoner by the Russians. Artwork of very good quality made by an artist of great ability, signature illegible. The work was made around the first half of the 19th century. Victor-Jean Vincent Adam (1801 Paris - 1867 Viroflay)French painter. From 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, and a year later his works were exhibited at the Paris Salon. The dominant theme of Adam's work is battle scenes, which he painted, among other things, for the Museum of Versailles. After 1844 he concentrated on creating lithographs.A recurring motif in Victor Adam's works were Polish units during the Napoleonic wars, and very popular in Poland and abroad prints with depictions of Prince Józef Poniatowski.