Taking of Magenta

Taking of Magenta  is original Hand-colored lithography on paper, realized by  C. Perrin   in 1860, applied on the cardboard. Titled in Italian" Presa di Magenta", on the lower center, signed on the plate and dated.

Very good conditions and aged with some small 

Applied on a Passepartout cardboard: 34.5 x 44.5 cm

The artwork represents a battle scene with the city in the background, through soft and delicates strokes, well-drawing details of soldiers and landscape, the silhouettes in the sky are perfectly defined, with congruous harmonic colors.