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The Panorama de la bataille de Rezonville is a panoramic painting produced by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Detaille between 1882 and 1883. It is an oil on canvas long of 120 meters for a hight of 14 meters. The painting pictures a moment of the Battle of Mars-la-Tour (August 16, 1870). In 1896, the canvas is cut in 115 fragments that are sold in auction. About twenty of thse fragments are now in the musée de Gravelotte in Moselle.

The financial project
Betwen 1879 and 1880, Belgium experienced a frantic speculation around panoramas, folowing the success of the projects of Charles Castellani. In this context, a group of Belgian businessmen see an opportunity to capitalise on the fame of two of the most renowned military painters of the time, Édouard Detaille et Alphonse de Neuville.