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Moonlit night battlefield in snow with dark fallen soldiers and horses in the foreground and distant town lights beneath a cloudy sky.

A Sortie before Sevastopol

A night battlefield under a pale moon breaking through clouds shows snow-covered ground strewn with dark fallen figures and horses. Distant town lights and faint red glows sit beneath a low ridge, while scattered soldiers and heaped bodies fill the foreground of this somber oil painting.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1855
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1226 × 904 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1855; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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