Louis-Nicolas Davout

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Harrison W. Mark
by Tito Marzocchi de Belluci after an original by Claude Gautherot
published on 13 July 2023
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Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770-1823), Duke of Auerstedt and a marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Nicknamed the "Iron Marshal" for the strict discipline he imposed on his Corps, Davout never lost a battle and is often regarded as one of the best – if not the best – of Napoleon's commanders. Oil on canvas portrait painting by Tito Marzocchi de Belluci after an original by Claude Gautherot, c. 1854.

Palace of Versailles.

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