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Albrecht Adam (the 16th of April 1786 - the 28th of August 1862) was a Bavarian painter known for his eyewitness depictions of the Napoleonic campaigns, particularly the 1812 Russian campaign. He served as an official artist attached to Prince Eugene de Beauharnais's staff and later published his campaign sketches as the lithograph series Voyage pittoresque et militaire.
Yes, Albrecht Adam was present at the Battle of Borodino in 1812 and visited the battlefield in its aftermath. He recorded his reaction in his memoirs, describing the scene as one that filled him with horror and left him feeling paralysed.
Voyage pittoresque et militaire is a series of lithographs published in Munich between 1828 and 1833, based on sketches Adam made during the 1812 Russian campaign. The seventy-seven colour plates depict devastated landscapes, battlefields, soldiers, and civilians, and are accompanied by Adam's written memoirs of the campaign.
A number of original drawings and oil paintings from Albrecht Adam's Russian campaign are held by the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
Albrecht Adam came from a family of painters. His brother Heinrich Adam (1787-1862) was also a painter. His three sons Benno, Eugen, and Franz all became painters, and his grandson Emil Adam continued his tradition as an equine artist.
Adam met Prince Eugene de Beauharnais, Napoleon Bonaparte's stepson and Viceroy of Italy, during a brief period in Vienna in 1809. Prince Eugene invited the young artist to join his household in Milan as a Court painter, a role that involved accompanying Eugene and his staff on military campaigns across Europe.