Painting Depicting The Death Of General Marceau, Signed "e. Boutigny," 19th Century.

The scene depicts General Marceau’s final moments, surrounded by hisofficers (1796, Altenkirchen).
Paul-Emile BOUTIGNY, born March 11, 1854, in Paris; died in 1929was a French painter specializing in scenes of military history.
He wasa student of Alexandre Cabanel.
He exhibited in Paris and Chicago.
The famous General François-Séverin Desgraviers, known as Marceau,a historical figure of the French Revolution, was born on March 1 ina house on Rue du Chapelet in Chartres.
This street has been renamed Marceau since 1801, duringBonaparte’s Consulate.
He died in battle in Germany on September 21, 1796, whileattempting to cover General Jourdan’s retreat, and was granted funeral honors by hisAustrian adversaries.
He was enshrined in the Panthéon in 1889 during the celebrationsmarking the centennial of the French Revolution.
His ashes rest in the Panthéon, at Les Invalides, and inChartres.
“A soldier at thirteen, a general at twenty-four, hedied at twenty-seven.”
This painting, which was re-stretched following its restoration, is in perfectcondition.
W/H with frame: 108 x 91 cm.
(thickness 7 cm)
W/H of the canvas: 100 x 73 cm.