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Combat for the Colors, 1874. oil on wood panel.
oil on wood panel · Framed: 37.2 x 27 x 2.6 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Combat for the Colors
- Artist
- Édouard Detaille (French, 1848–1912)
- Date
- 1874
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- Framed: 37.2 x 27 x 2.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 1 in.); Unframed: 32.5 x 22.6 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1848–1912
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




