9 - Baron Paul LAHURE (1836–1897)

Baron Paul LAHURE (1836–1897) Capture of the Dutch Fleet in the Ice off Texel by Battalion Commander Lahure, January 25, 1795. Oil on panel, signed lower left “B(ar)on P. Lahure” and titled lower right. In a stuccoed and gilded wooden frame (with some damage). H. 40.5 x W. 55.5 cm. Frame: H. 61 x W. 76 cm. Provenance - Lahure family. - Then passed down through the family. History The Holland Campaign was waged by the Army of the North under General Pichegru during the Revolutionary Wars. Launched in the fall of 1794, the French Revolutionary Army captured Amsterdam in January 1795 and forced Stadtholder William V of Orange to flee. This lightning campaign culminated in the capture of the Dutch fleet at De Helder on January 23, 1795, by the 8th Hussar Regiment, under the command of Battalion Commander Louis-Joseph Lahure. The campaign led to the signing of the Treaty of The Hague on May 16, 1795, and the creation of the Batavian Republic. This resounding victory of the French Revolution inspired painters and draftsmen, including Claude-Louis Desrais Related Works - Claude-Louis Desrais, Capture of the Dutch Fleet by the French Cavalry in the Texel Roadstead, January 20, 1795, circa 179–1799, pen, black ink, and wash on paper, Carnavalet Museum, Paris (inv. D. 2403). - Charles-Louis Mozin, The French Cavalry Seizes the Batavian Fleet Trapped by Ice in the Waters off Texel, January 21, 1795, oil on canvas, commissioned by King Louis-Philippe for the Historical Museum of Versailles in 1835, housed at the Palace of Versailles (inv. MV 2284).