| The Nation Is in Danger, or the Enrollment of Volunteers at the Place du Palais-Royal in July 1792 |
Artist:Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay (French, Nantes 1804–1865 Paris)
Date:1832
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:11 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (29.2 x 52.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:The Whitney Collection, Promised Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
Accession Number:2003.42.33
This canvas was recently recognized as a fragment of a large painting of 1832 that was exhibited at the Salons of 1833 and 1834. It was commissioned by King Louis Philippe as one of a series of scenes illustrating episodes in the history of the Palais-Royal, the official Paris residence of the Orléans family. The subject is typical of the patriotic, revolutionary imagery encouraged by the new king, in contrast to the medieval imagery propagated by his predecessor, Charles X. The painting was largely destroyed during the February 1848 sack of the palace, which marked the end of Louis Philippe’s reign.
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