Louis Braun (1836 - 1916) - "Archduke Franz Joseph in the Battle near Santa Lucia on 6th May 1848", guache on paper. The later Emperor standing on a ladder, observing the approaching Piemontese troops, while Cadet Zwierzina points out to aide-de-camp Count Mensdorff-Ponilly that the Archduke's life is in great danger. A few minutes after Franz Joseph had left the site, the ladder was hit by a granade. To the right Major Kortz on horseback in front of the soldiers of the 45th Infantry Regiment. Signed on the lower left "L. Braun 1899", picture size 118 , Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared

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