# Mazeppa and the Wolves

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERNET, Horace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 97 x 136 cm

## Commentary

Horace Vernet remained close to British animal portraitists in the minuteness of his painting technique. This was used even in his most passionate animal subjects, such as his depiction of Mazeppa and the Wolves, based on the treatment of the theme by Byron.

## Related artworks

- [A Saddled Race Horse Tied to a Fence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/a-saddled-race-horse-tied-to-a-fence-r825a4a355b0b6e>)
- [An Invalid Submitting a Petition to Napoleon at a Parade in the Courtyard of the Tuileries Palace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/an-invalid-submitting-a-petition-to-napoleon-at-a-parade-in-the-courtyard-of-the-tuileries-palace-rd21ba45ca0e804>)
- [Angel of Death](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/angel-of-death-r41cc7525e36555>)
- [Arab Chieftains in Council \(The Negotiator\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/arab-chieftains-in-council-the-negotiator-r86d1a86ba690b2>)
- [Equestrian portrait of Charles Albert, King of Sardinia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/equestrian-portrait-of-charles-albert-king-of-sardinia-r834cf9a7b5b754>)
- [Hunting Scene \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/hunting-scene-detail-rd220eb65252985>)
- [Hunting Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/hunting-scene-rbdcb3af6c63bca>)
- [Hunting Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/hunting-scene-re5e309bedf008f>)
- [Judah and Tamar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/judah-and-tamar-r430e34b152ea53>)
- [Louis-Philippe, Duc d&#39;Orléans, in a Swiss Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/louis-philippe-duc-dorlans-in-a-swiss-landscape-r1c84ae962bb9c1>)
- [Mazeppa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/mazeppa-r30956a29cc7424>)
- [Portrait of Nicholas I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vernet-horace-r6ddbbca5ca0cb5/portrait-of-nicholas-i-r5b2ee233edfdd9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)