The Defense of Champigny

The Defense of Champigny
ArtistÉdouard Detaille
Year1879
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions121.9 cm × 215.3 cm (48.0 in × 84.8 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Defense of Champigny is a late-19th-century painting by Édouard Detaille. The painting, done in oil on canvas, depicts the Battle of Villiers during the Franco-Prussian War. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.