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词条 The Congress of Paris (Dubufe)
释义

  1. History

  2. Description

  3. Analysis

  4. References

  5. Sources

  6. External links

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| type = Oil on canvas
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}}The Congress of Paris, French: Le Congrès de Paris is an oil painting, created on 1856 by the French painter Edouard Dubufe. It is exhibited at the Palace of Versailles. The painting depicts a meeting held in Paris between February 25 and March 30 1856 to negotiate and sign the Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War.[1]

History

The Crimean War saw the alliance formed by the British Empire and the Second French Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Russian Empire to check the expansion of Russia and counter its growing influence in the Balkans. It was fought between October 1853 and February 1856.

After several battles such as the siege of Sevastopol, Battle of Balaklava or battle of Inkerman, and the Russian defeat, the belligerents met in Paris to sign the peace treaty ending the conflict: the Treaty of Paris.

Description

The painting measures 308 x 510 cm. It shows the plenipotentiaries of the states involved in the conflict, and a representative of Prussia, who, although not involved in the conflict, was invited to conversations.[2] It is in the collection of the Museum of the History of France.

Analysis

The people represented in the painting are:

Aleksey Fyodorovich Orlov, Karl Ferdinand von Buol, Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, Camillo Benso di Cavour, Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha, George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Vincent Benedetti, Mehemmed Djemil Bey, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Edwin von Manteuffel, Joseph Alexander Hübner, Philipp von Brunnow, François-Adolphe de Bourqueney, Maximilian Graf von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg, Salvatore Pes di Villamarina.

References

1. ^http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_98=REPR&VALUE_98=%20entrevue&NUMBER=17&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28entrevue%29%20%3aREPR%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=1&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=200&DOM=All
2. ^http://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/paintings/the-congress-of-paris-25-february-30-march-1856/

Sources

  • {{cite NIE|wstitle=Dubufe, Edouard}}

External links

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