{{short description|German painter (1828–1876)}} '''Adolph Northen''' (also credited as '''Adolf Northen''',<ref>Krafft p. 238</ref> '''Adolf Northern'''<ref>Art.com [http://www.art.co.uk/asp/display_artist-asp/_/crid--32861/Adolf_Northern.htm Adolf Northern Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928213756/http://www.art.co.uk/asp/display_artist-asp/_/crid--32861/Adolf_Northern.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} retrieved 6 July 2007</ref> or '''Adolph Northern''';<ref>Artnet [http://www.artnet.com/artist/652875/adolf-northen.html ''Adolf Northen''] retrieved 6 July 2007</ref> 6 November 1828 – 28 May 1876) was a German painter.
He was born in Münden, Kingdom of Hanover and was a member of Düsseldorf school of painting.<ref name=Champlin>Champlin p. 353</ref>
Chiefly depicting battle scenes and particularly events of the Napoleonic Wars, Northen's most noted works include *''Napoleon's Retreat from Russia'' which depicts the failure of the 1812 invasion of Russia by Napoleon *''Prussian Attack at Plancenoit'', showing the Prussian divisions of Hiller, Ryssel and Tippelskirch defeating the French Imperial Young Guard, 1st Battalions of the 2nd Grenadiers and 2nd Chasseurs at the Battle of Waterloo.<ref>Battle of Waterloo [http://www.battle-of-waterloo.com/prussian_army.htm Prussian Army Artwork] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001130257/http://www.battle-of-waterloo.com/prussian_army.htm |date=2011-10-01 }} retrieved 6 July 2007</ref>
Northern died in Düsseldorf aged 48.<ref name=Champlin/>
==Works==
<gallery> File:Prussian Attack Plancenoit by Adolf Northern.jpg|''Prussian Attack at Plancenoit'', 1863 File:Zigeunerkarawane Düsseldorf by Adolf Northen.jpg|''Gypsy Caravan'' File:Napoleons retreat from Moscow by Adolph Northen.jpg|''Napoleon's Retreat from Russia'' File:Northen – Battle of García Hernández.JPG|''Battle of García Hernández''</gallery>
==References==
'''Printed sources:'''
* Champlin, John Denison ''Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings'', 2005 * Krafft, Eva Maria ''Katalog der Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Hamburger Kunsthalle'', 1969
'''Websites:'''
* Artnet [http://www.artnet.com/artist/652875/adolf-northen.html ''Adolf Northen''] retrieved 6 July 2007
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