The Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo is a monumental panoramic oil painting, about 110 metres in circumference and 12 metres high, painted by the French artist Louis Dumoulin and completed in 1912, depicting successive episodes of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo with emphasis on the French cavalry charges. It is displayed in a purpose built neoclassical rotunda designed by the architect Franz Van Ophem and completed in 1911, standing on the battlefield itself at Braine l Alleud in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, and is one of the few panoramic paintings of its era still shown in its original building. The rotunda and its painting were given protected historical monument status in 1998. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Year Created LocationBraine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 1 Architectural Style Building TypeRotunda housing a panoramic painting 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, located there.
Sources
1. Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo (Wikipedia)
Design, painting completion
oil-on-canvas painting completed by French artist Louis Dumoulin in 1912
Design, canvas panels
14 canvas panels sewn together to create a cylinder approximately 110 metres (360 ft) in circumference
Introductory paragraph, location
located immediately to the north of the Lion's Mound on the battlefield of the Battle of Waterloo in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant
Design, rotunda style
neoclassical building
Introductory paragraph, building type
a rotunda in Belgium that houses a monumental panoramic painting
Genre reference
It is displayed in a purpose built neoclassical rotunda designed by the architect Franz Van Ophem and completed in 1911, standing on the battlefield itself at Braine l Alleud in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, and is one of the few panoramic paintings of its era still shown in its original building.
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