# A General with his Aide de Camp

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERNET, Carle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on panel, 46 x 59 cm

## Commentary

This painting depicts a scene in the Napoleonic wars when a General receives a dispatch from a messenger.

## Related artworks

- [A Mameluk Leading His Horse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/a-mameluk-leading-his-horse-rb1df899286efa4>)
- [Arrival of Emigres with the Duchess of Berry on the French Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/arrival-of-emigres-with-the-duchess-of-berry-on-the-french-coast-r709e9ad52dd47c>)
- [Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/equestrian-portrait-of-napoleon-r39e6864abdc866>)
- [Equestrian Portrait of of Emperor Napoleon I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/equestrian-portrait-of-of-emperor-napoleon-i-r51c7de0c09d309>)
- [Napoleon on a Hunt in the Forest of Compiègne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/napoleon-on-a-hunt-in-the-forest-of-compigne-r529d7440677758>)
- [Return from the Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-carle-rba1234942c7747/return-from-the-hunt-r43950f131f263e>)

## Attribution

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