2909210 The Execution of Maximilian, after 1867 (oil on canvas) by Mexican School, (19th century); 37.8x51.4 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA; (add.info.: The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian (1832 - 1867) was installed in Mexico as a puppet emperor by Napoleon III in 1863. He was dependent on the support of the occupying French army and when Napoleon withdrew his troops Maximilian was captured by Mexican forces loyal to their legitimate republican government. He was executed alongside two of his generals, Mejia and Miramon, on 19 June 1867.); 穢 Philadelphia Museum of Art ; The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950; Mexican, out of copyright.