# The Siege of Cosel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [KOBELL, Wilhelm von](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kobell-wilhelm-von-r7afaa90acdf47e>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 202 x 305 cm

## Commentary

Kobell spent time in Paris, but evaded the influence of the theatrical battle scenes in vogue there, as this painting shows. He has placed his groups of horses like figures on a chess board, and the painting can be read like a strategic map.

## Related artworks

- [Gentleman on Horseback and Country Girl on the Banks of the Isar near Munich](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kobell-wilhelm-von-r7afaa90acdf47e/gentleman-on-horseback-and-country-girl-on-the-banks-of-the-isar-near-munich-r14a590a136cc29>)
- [Isar Landscape near Munich](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kobell-wilhelm-von-r7afaa90acdf47e/isar-landscape-near-munich-rd925ff6fa26676>)
- [Riders at the Tegernsee](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kobell-wilhelm-von-r7afaa90acdf47e/riders-at-the-tegernsee-r95015f45be8867>)
- [View of Tegernsee](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kobell-wilhelm-von-r7afaa90acdf47e/view-of-tegernsee-ra41762041703e3>)

## Attribution

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